Question

A cookie was divided into three equal sized pieces and Stewart has two of those pieces. Then what fraction of the cookie does Stewart have?

• A. $\frac{2}{5}$
• B. $\frac{2}{3}$
• C. $\frac{3}{2}$
• D. $\frac{5}{3}$

Answer 1

The correct option is B

$\frac{2}{3}$

The denominator represents the number of pieces in the whole cookie. In this example, the cookie was divided into 3 pieces, so the denominator is 3. Stewart has 2 pieces and so the numerator is 2.

Hence the fraction of the cookie Stewart has is $\frac{2}{3}$.