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What is it called if you cut something into three equal pieces?
Trisect.
What is something cut into two pieces called and starts with bi?
Bisected.
Why is one third greater than one fourth?
When something is cut into equal pieces, (think of a pie), the pieces are larger the fewer pieces there are. If the pie is cut in half, that is an entire HALF of the pie one has to eat. But if the pie is cut into three equal pieces, there are more pieces, but they are smaller. So, one fourth of the pie would be even smaller because you are getting ONE piece of a pie that is cut into FOUR pieces. The bottom number of the fraction is how many equal sized pieces there are, and the top number is how many you are getting.
A vendor cut pineapples in eights. After selling 27 pieces he had 13 pieces left. How many pineapples did he cut?
If the vendor cut the pineapples into eights, and after selling 27 pieces he had 13 pieces left, then he sold 27 + 13 = 40 pieces in total. Since each pineapple was cut into 8 pieces, the number of pineapples cut would be 40 pieces / 8 pieces per pineapple = 5 pineapples. Therefore, the vendor cut 5 pineapples.
Is one third bigger than one twelfth?
Yes. When you cut a pizza into 3 pieces, the pieces are bigger than they are when you cut it into 12 pieces.
