Question

GRADE 7 MATH URGENT

A class of 25 children is having a pizza party. Each child will eat 3/8 of a pizza. How many pizzas do they need to order?

Answer 1

10 pizzas

Explanation:

To find the answer for this question you need to multiply 3/8 by 25.

3/8 * 25 = 9.375

You can't buy .375 of a pizza so you round it up and get 10.

Answer 2

A. 8 pizza pies at 10 pc. per pie = 80 available pieces

B. Let X be the number of children. Number of pieces eaten = 5 per child = 5X.

c. 22 pieces are left over.

D. Combine line A and line C. Total number of pieces eaten = 80 original minus 22 left over. Result 58 pieces were eaten by X children: 58 = 5X.

E. Solve the equation 58 = 5X by dividing both sides by 5.

WHOOPS! Is this a trick question? Solving the above results in the answer that there are 11.6 children at the party. Hmmm. That 0.6 child is a question mark for me.

Looks like someone miscounted the pizza slices. Or omitted some pertinent information. But, I’m sure there is a logical answer.