Question

Henry is eating pizza. He ate 7/8 of a whole pizza that had 12 pieces. How many pieces did he eat?

Answer 1

Since he had 7/8 of 12 slices, you have to multiply the two, since "of" is the same as "times."


`(7)/(8)(12)= (7)/(8)( (12)/(1))= (7(12))/(8(1))= (84)/(8)=10 (1)/(2)`

Henry ate 10 1/2 slices of pizza.