Question

The school fair committee needs pizzas for 275 people .each pizza has 8 slices . How many pizzas does the committee need to order so that each person can have one slice ?

Write a number sentence for the problem . Use a variable to represent the number of pizzas .

How many pizzas does the committee need to order so that each person can have one slice ? Show your work . Explain your answer .

Answer 1

The answer including a variable is p =275 divided by 8.

Answer 2

You can just divide 275 by 8. You will get a decimal.
275 / 8 = 34.375
Since you can't really have .375 of a pizza, just round it up to 35. It's okay to have some left over.