Question

PLEASE HELP

The pictures to the right show how much sausage and pepperoni pizza was left at the end of one day. Which fraction represents how much more sausage pizza then pepperoni pizza was left?

Answer 1

3/8

Explanation:

So there is 7/8 sausage left and 4/8 pep left. The difference between the two is three slices (7/8 - 4/8) which is 3/8th of the whole pizza. This means that 3/8 represents the amount of pizza sausage has that pepperoni doesnt

Answer 2

3/8

Explanation:

There was 4/8 (or 1/2) of the pepperoni pizza left, and there was 7/8 of the sausage pizza left. To find out how much more sausage pizza was left than pepperoni pizza, you have to subtract the amount of pepperoni pizza remaining from the amount of sausage pizza remaining.

sausage pizza left - pepperoni pizza left = how much more sausage pizza than pepperoni pizza is left

Now, let's fill in the numbers.

7/8 - 4/8 = ?

7/8 - 4/8 = 3/8

Therefore, there was 3/8 more sausage pizza than pepperoni pizza left.

I hope this helps! Have a lovely day!! :)