Question

Ms. johnson's class is having a pizza party. if there are 14 students and 7 pizzas cut into 8 slices, what answer choice represents the fraction of one pizza that each student receives?

Answer 1

We are asked about the fraction of pizza each student gets, so the relevant numbers here is only 14 students and 7 pizzas. SO the fraction of pizza each student get is the ratio of the two:

fraction = 7 pizzas / 14 students

fraction = 1 / 2

 

So each student gets 1/2