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Marcus baked a loaf of banana bread for a party. he cut the loaf into equal size pieces.At the end of the party, there were 6 pieces left. Explain how you can find the number of pieces in the whole loaf if Marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left.

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6×3 because 6 is one third of the whole loaf and 6×3 are 18.

Answer:

18

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that Marcus  cut the loaf into equal size pieces.

At the end of the party, there were 6 pieces left.

Marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left.

Let the number of pieces in whole loaf be x

Since we are given that  1/3 of the loaf was left.

So, loaf left = [tex]\frac{1}{3} x[/tex]

We are also given that there were 6 pieces left.

So, [tex]\frac{1}{3} x=6[/tex]

[tex] x=6 \times 3[/tex]

[tex] x=18[/tex]

Thus the number of pieces in whole loaf is 18.

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