Question

Hernando ate 2/8 of a pizza for a dinner. He gave his 6 friends the rest of the pizza and told them to share it equally. To determine the fraction of the whole pizza that each of his friends received, hernando performed the calculations below. He concluded that each person received 1/8 of the whole pizza. Are hernandos calculations correct. Explain why or why not

Answer 1

No, Hernando's calculations are incorrect. Each person actually received 1/8 of the whole pizza.

Step-by-step explanation:

No, Hernando's calculations are incorrect. Hernando ate 2/8 of the pizza, which is equivalent to 1/4 of the pizza. This means that he gave his friends 3/4 of the pizza. To determine the fraction of the whole pizza that each of his friends received, we need to divide 3/4 by the number of friends, which is 6. Dividing 3/4 by 6, we get 1/8, not the result Hernando concluded. Therefore, each person actually received 1/8 of the whole pizza.