Maris has a birthday party on Saturday. The girls at the party ate 7/12 of a large pizza and the boys at the party ate 2/3 of a

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Maris has a birthday party on Saturday. The girls at the party ate 7/12 of a large pizza and the boys at the party ate 2/3 of a

large pizza. Without actually adding these fractions, can you tell if more or less than a whole pizza was eaten? Explain. ( Hint: Estimate using 0, 1/2, or 1)

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irina [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-20T04:52:10+03:00

irina [24]3 years ago

7 0

Yes, more than a whole pizza was eaten. This is because if you simply look at the fractions, you will see that both are greater than 1/2 and so combined, they would be greater than 1.

Doss [256] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-20T06:23:56+03:00

Doss [256]3 years ago

3 0

Yes because 7/12 is greater than half as well as 2/3