Maria eats 1/3 of a pie her sister eats 1/5 of what’s left. What fraction of the pie did her sister eat?

Question

Maria eats 1/3 of a pie her sister eats 1/5 of what’s left. What fraction of the pie did her sister eat?

Answer 1

 

As the hungry sister approached the partial pie, she views 2/3 of a pie.

If she eats one fifth of that, it's (1/5)(2/3).

Do you now how to multiply two fractions?  OF means MULTIPLY in word problems.