Neeley bought a loaf of bread from the store and sliced it into 12 pieces. His family ate a third of the bread slices for breakfast. Then Neeley used 2 bread slices to make a sandwich for lunch. How many slices of bread remain?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
For breakfast, the family ate 12 / 3 = 4 slices of bread. After breakfast, the family has 12 - 4 = 8 slices of bread remaining. After Neeley's lunch, there are 8 - 2 = 6 slices of bread remaining.
Thus, the answer is 6.