Sybil has 1/2 of a pizza left over. She wants to share the pizza with 3 of her friends. What fraction of the original pizza will

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Sybil has 1/2 of a pizza left over. She wants to share the pizza with 3 of her friends. What fraction of the original pizza will

Sybil and her 3 friends each receive? Draw a picture to support your response.

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2 answers:

Helen [10] · Answer 1 · 2023-07-28T11:30:08+03:00

Answer: $\frac{1}{2\times3}=\frac{1}{6}\text{ of the original pizza.}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Sybil has 1/2 of a pizza left over.

If she share the pizza with 3 of her friends, to find the fraction of the original pizza will Sybil and her 3 friends each receive, we need to divide 1/2 by 3 we get

The fraction of the original pizza will Sybil and her 3 friends each receive

$=\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{3}=\frac{1}{2\times3}=\frac{1}{6}\text{ of the original pizza.}$

Scrat [10] · Answer 2 · 2023-07-28T12:52:50+03:00

Sybil and her 3 friends each will receive $\frac{1}{8}$ fraction of the original pizza

<h3>Further explanation </h3>

Pizza is a dish from Italian origin, it consist of round, flattened base of leavened dough with tomatoes, cheese, and various other ingredients topped. It baked at a high temperature. Originally in Italy it baked in a wood-fired oven. Fraction is a number that represents a part of a whole. It consists of a numerator and a denominator, where the numerator represents the number of equal parts of a whole and the denominator is the total number of parts that make up whole.

Sybil has 1/2 of a pizza left over. It means she have 1/2*pizza.

She wants to share the pizza with 3 of her friends plus herself. It means she share the pizza by divide 1/2 of her pizza by (3+1):

$\frac{\frac{1}{2} }{4} *pizza =\frac{1}{8}*pizza$

Therefore , what fraction of the original pizza will Sybil and her 3 friends each receive? Sybil and her 3 friends each will receive $\frac{1}{8}$ fraction of the original pizza

Attached a picture to support the response.

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