Question

Ms. Phillips ordered 56 pizzas for a school fundraiser. Of the pizzas ordered, 2/7 of them were pepperoni, 19 were cheese, and the rest were veggie pizzas. What fraction of the pizzas was veggie?

Answer 1

Answer:

5 / 28

Explanation:

Total number of Pizza's ordered = 56

Pepperoni = 27

Cheese = 19

The remainder were Veggie ;

Fraction of pizza that were. Veggie

Number of pizza's that were Veggie :

56 - (27 + 19)

56 - 46

= 10

Fraction of Veggie pizza :

Number of Veggie pizza / total number of Pizza's

10 / 56

= 5 / 28