Question

a group orders three large veggie pizzas each slice represents eighth of an entire Pizza the group eats 3/4 of a piece of how many slices of pizza are left

Answer 1

1 pizza contain 8 slices, so we can state a rule of three as:

$\begin{gathered} 1\text{ Pizza ------ 8 slices} \\ \frac{3}{4}\text{ pizza ------ x} \end{gathered}$

then, x is given by

$x=\frac{(\frac{3}{4})(8)}{1}\text{ slices}$

which gives

$\begin{gathered} x=\frac{3}{4}\times8 \\ x=\frac{3\times8}{4} \\ x=3\times2 \\ x=6\text{ slices} \end{gathered}$

that is, 3/4 of pizza is equivalent to 6 slices. So, there are 8 - 6 = 2 slices left of one pizza.

However, they bought 3 large pizzas and ate almost one of them. So, there are 2x8 = 16slices plus 2 slices, that is, 18 slices are left.