Question

There is 12/5 of a pizza left. How many 3/10 pieces can be made from the leftover pizza?

Answer 1

We have that there is 12/5 left, and we need to know how many 3/10 pieces can be made from the leftover.

To know the answer, we need to divide the fraction 12/5 by 3/10 to know this quantity. Then, we have:

`((12)/(5))/((3)/(10))=(12\cdot10)/(5\cdot3)=(120)/(15)=8`

We can check this answer if we sum the 3/10 pieces eight times:

`(3)/(10)+(3)/(10)+(3)/(10)+(3)/(10)+(3)/(10)+(3)/(10)+(3)/(10)+(3)/(10)=(24)/(10)=(12)/(5)=8\cdot(3)/(10)=(24)/(10)=(12)/(5)`

Therefore, we can make 8 pieces of 3/10 from the leftover pizza (8 pieces.)