Question

A large pizza at Pizzas4Less has 12 slices. Jeremiah ate 1 over 6 of the pizza and his brother Jessie ate 1 fourth of the pizza. How many slices of pizza are left?

Answer 1

There are 7 slices of pizza left

Jerimiah ate 1/6 of the pizza

12/6= 2

Jerimiah ate 2 slices

Jessie ate 1/4 of the pizza

12/4=3

Jessie ate 3 slices

3 slices + 2 slices = 5 slices

They both ate 5 slices

12-5= 7

There are 7 slices left

Answer 2

Remark.

There are a couple of ways to do this. The easiest might be to find out just how many 1/6 and 1/4 equals.

If there are 12 slices, then 1/4 * 12 = 3

And again if there are 12 slices, then 1/6 * 12 = 2

Jeremiah ate 2 pieces

Jessie ate 3

The total of what was eaten = 2 + 3 = 5

There were 12 pieces. 5 were eaten 12 - 5 = 7. There are 7 left. <<< answer