Elvie ate 1/3 of the pizza. Emmie ate 1/2 of 1/2 of the pizza. Who ate more?

Elvie ate 1/3 of the pizza. Emmie ate 1/2 of 1/2 of the pizza. Who ate more? 

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½ of ½ is ¼, which is smaller than ⅓.

¼ is the same as 3/12 and ⅓ is the same as 4/12, so, since 4 of something (twelfths) is bigger than 3 of the same thing,  ⅓ is bigger than ¼.

Elvie ate ⅓ of the pizza so that’s more than Emmie ate.

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