Question

Monique made pizzas for her party. She put meat on 1/2 of the pizzas. Only 1/4 of the meat pizzas had sausage on them. How many of all the pizzas Monique made have sausage on them? A. 2/8 B.1/2 C.1/8 D.1/6

Answer 1

C.1/8

Explanation:

given that only 1/2 have meat

hence fraction of pizzas that have meat = 1/2

given that 1/4 of the meat pizzas have sausages

hence fraction of pizzas with sausages

= fraction of pizzas with meat x fraction of meat pizzas with sausages

= 1/2 x 1/4

= 1/8