Question

A caterer prepares twice as many pizzas as she usually prepares for a large party. The caterer usually prepares 4 pizzas. The caterer also estimates that each party guest will eat 1 2 of a pizza. Drag and drop each expression into the correct boxes to complete the explanation. The expression that represents how many guests the pizzas can serve is . How many party guests will the pizzas serve? Drag and drop the number of guests into the box. The pizzas can serve guests.

Answer 1

8 pizzas can serve 16 guests.

Explanation:

So the caterer usually prepares 4 pizzas, but now she prepared twice as many, which means that now there are 4 • 2 = 8 pizzas.

Also, there is an estimation that each guest will eat 1/2 of a pizza.

In order to answer how many guests will 8 pizzas serve, we need to write an equation (pizzas per guest multiplied with number of guests equals the number of pizzas). Let's mark the unknown number of guests with x:

1/2 • x = 8

x = 8 / 1/2

x = 16

So, if each guest eats 1/2 of a pizza, then 8 pizzas will be enough to serve 16 guests.