Question

Mrs. Malloy is ordering pizza for her Algebra class. One-fourth of the students want

cheese pizza. If five students want cheese pizza, how many students are there in total?
Use the variable s=students. Your answer should be written as s= your answer.

Answer 1

20 students

Explanation:

If 1/4 of the whole class is 5 then 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = s.

This is because You have to divide the class into 4 parts ad you know each part has 5 people in it.