suppose there are 2 pieces of the cake left over, but you don't know how many pieces were in the whole cake.Explain how you could find the number of pieces in the whole cake if Taylor told you 1/6 of the cake was left.You may show your work in a drawing.

Answer 1

if there were n pieces, you know that

1/6 n = 2
n = 12

Answer 2

Think of it like this. Your goal is to make an equivalent fraction with the denominator 2. In this case, just times both sides by 2 to get 12 slices.

Answer 3

If your need to draw a picture, make a circle, and divide it into 6 pieces. Shade in one before you continue. Now, because there were 2 slices left, divide each piece into 2.