California

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Pie Pieces

Question

a blueberry pie
blueberry
an apple pie
apple
a peach pie
peach
a chocolate pie
chocolate

Mrs. Hopkins made four different pies for the fair. Each pie was the same size. At the fair, she cut the blueberry pie into 6 equal slices, the apple pie into 5 equal slices, the peach pie into 3 equal slices, and the chocolate pie into 4 equal slices.

Alyssa, Dalton, Rowan, and Shane each bought one slice of pie but ate only a portion of that slice. Each chose a different kind of pie.

  • Alyssa bought the largest slice available and ate one-fourth of it.
  • Dalton bought the smallest slice available and ate three-fourths of it.
  • The slice Rowan bought was bigger than the slice Shane bought. Rowan ate one-half of his slice.
  • Shane ate two-thirds of his slice.

What kind of pie did each person choose?
What fraction of the total pie did each person eat? Simplify the fractions in the answer.


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