Question

Juanita and Samuel are planning a pizza party. They order a rectangle sheet pizza that measures 21 inches by 36 inches.?They tell the pizza maker not to cut it because they want to cut it themselves. All pieces of pizza must be square with none left over. What is the side length of the largest square pieces into which Juanita and Samuel can cut the pizza? How many pieces of this size can be cut?

Answer 1

First, find the total area of pizza. The area of a rectangle is length times width. 

Area = 21 x 36 = 756 sq. inches

Now, we must divide the total area with the largest square possible without any excess. So, we equate the area of the pizza to area of square:

A = s² = 756
s = 6 √21

Hence, the largest piece square possible has a side of 6 inches. Then, we divide the total area of the pizza by the area of each square piece to find the number of pieces;

756/6² = 21

Thus, there would be 21 pieces of 6-in square piece of pizza.