At the end of dinner, a restaurant had several dishes of quiche, each with 2 sixth-size pieces of quiche. the chef was able to combine these pieces to make 2 whole quiches, with no leftovers. how many dishes did the chef combine?
first, you need to find the total number of quiches left as an improper fraction: 2=12/6 divide the total amount by partial amounts of quiches:12/6÷2/6=6 the answer is the chef combined 6 dishes