If I ate 1/4 of a whole pizza what fraction of half did I eat

Question

please help me solve this

Answer 1

Hi, Aesha.

 

If you ate 1/4 of a whole pizza, 

then you ate X of 1/2. (Remember, "of" means "multiplication".)

 

You need to solve:

X(1/2) = 1/4

Multiply both sides by 2:

X = 2/4 = 1/2

 

So you ate 1/2 of 1/2 of the the pizza.