Question

A boy has four slices of pizza. Each slice has an equal number of green pepper pieces. He adds on three green pepper pieces to his slices of pizza and ends up with 27 total pieces of green pepper on it. How many pieces of green pepper were on each slice of pizza in the beginning?

Translate this problem into an equation, using x to represent the number of green peppers on a given slice.

Answer 1

Answer: 6 peppers per slice

Explanation:

First we subtract, 27-3= 24

now every single slice has an equal amount of peppers.

24/4=6