Tom bought a pizza. He ate 1/3 of the pizza and gave some of it to his brother. He was then left with 1/5 of the pizza. What fraction of the pizza did Tom give his brother?​

Tom bought a pizza He ate 13 of the pizza and gave some of it to his brother He was then left with 15 of the pizza What fraction of the pizza did Tom give his b class=

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Answer:

7/15

Step-by-step explanation:

first recognise that 3/3 is a whole pizza and so is 5/5.

Secondly make all the numbers to have the same denominator

So times both denominators of the fractions together; 5x3=15

Now find 1/3 of 15. Do this by dividing 15 by 3. This equals 5.

So 1/3 is equal to 5/15

Now do the same for 1/5. 15 divided by 5, this equals 3.

So 1/5 is equal to 3/15

Now that we know that the whole pizza is 15/15

We minus 1/3 from 15.

15-5=10.  So we now have 10/15 left.

now we know that 'x' is representative of the amount of pizza Tom gave to his bother.

10/15 - 3/15 = x

x = 7/15

So out of the whole pizza (15/15), tom ate 5/15 and was left with 3/15 meaning he gave 7/15 to his brother.