If you eat half a pizza and then eat another one-third of the remaining pizza, how much do you have left?
Category: Math · Difficulty: easy
Hint: Track the fractions step by step.
Answer
One-sixth
Explanation
Eating half leaves you with half. Eating one-third of that half leaves one-sixth remaining.
This is an easy math riddle — a good one for children and beginners. The answer is One-sixth.
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