Gisselle has 1/2 of a candy bar. She role off 1/2 of what she had. She then took the piece she broke off and split it into three equal pieces. What fraction of a candy bar was each piece?

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Gisselle has 1/2 of a candy bar.

She role off 1/2 of what she had and split it into three equal pieces.

Question asked:

What fraction of a candy bar was each piece?

Solution:

Gisselle has =

She role off =

As she split it into three equal pieces, we will divided it by 3, we get,

Therefore, fraction of a candy bar of each piece is

to find the total number of combinations, multiply the quantity of each item by each other:

2 pairs of shoes x 3 pairs of shorts = 6 different combinations.