Question

Sam bought 12 apples. he used 1/3 of the apples to make apple pies. how many apples did he use for the apple pie? please show me how you get the answer

Answer 1

he used four apples to make an apple pie. you can simply divide 12 by 3. 1/3 of 12 apples would be 4. if you think about it 2/3 would be 8 apples, adding four more apples would be 12 apples making that 3/3.