Question

Harley was eating pizza and had already eaten six pieces before his sister, Samantha, got home. Samantha was worried that she was not going to get a fair share of the pizza and wanted to know how many pieces were in the pizza originally. Harley told her, "I have only eaten 3/8 of the pizza. How many slices where in the pizza when it was whole

Answer 1

16 pieces of pizza when the pizza was whole.

Explanation:

You know that 6 pieces are equal to 3/8 of the pizza.

Let x represent the total number of pieces and write an equation:

3

-- times x = 6

8

Multiply each side of the equation by 8:

8 times 3

-- x = 8 times 6

8

3x = 48

Divide each side of the equation by 3:

3x 48

--- = ---

3 3

x = 16