Question: 1/3 is equal to 2/6?
Answer: Since each of the six boy gets an equal portion of the two cakes we naturally conclude that 1/3 = 2/6. In both cases the dark part is a take-home portion of a single boy. Algebraically, 1/3 is obtained from 2/6 by dividing both the numerator (2) and the denominator (6) of 2/6 by the same number (2).