Question

Mrs. Johnson cut a pizza into three equal sections. She gave each of her four children the same amount of one of the sections. What part of the whole pizza did Mrs. Johnson give to each of her children

Answer 1

Answer: 1/12 of total pizza

Explanation:

Mrs. Johnson first cut the pizza into equal sections of three.

This means that each section is 1/3 of the total pizza.

She then gave 1 section to her four children to share.

Each child will therefore get:

= 1/3 ÷ 4 children

= 1/3 * 1/4

= 1/12 of the total pizza

Hint: When dividing a fraction by a number, you can instead multiply that fraction by the inverse of that number.