Kevin says that when you combine 3 pieces of a pie and 1 piece of a pie, you have 4 pieces of a pie. Explain how Kevin's statement is related to the equation 3/6 + 1/6 = 4/6

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3 January, 13:43

Kevin says that when you combine 3 pieces of a pie and 1 piece of a pie, you have 4 pieces of a pie. Explain how Kevin's statement is related to the equation 3/6 + 1/6 = 4/6

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Maya Gallagher · Answer 1

The equation represents in a mathematical form what Kevin said that is if you take a 3 parts of a whole pie that was divided in 6 and sum with 1 part of this same pie you'll get 4 parts of that whole pie.

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When you take a whole pie and divide it into pieces or slices, you're taking the whole and dividing it into fractions, so you can represent the amount each individual gets by a fraction. In this case Kevin stated that the sum of 3 pieces with 1 piece equals to 4 pieces. In this case it's a sum of fractions, since the pieces were taken from the same pie they represent parts of that whole pie and can be summed directly. The equation given to us represents the sum of the pieces of a pie that was divided into 6 total pieces.