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Mr.Caldwell has 10 full size pizzas and half of another one.He wants to share the pizza with 8 of students. Mr.Caldwell doesn't want any pizza.How much pizza did will each student get?

Sagot :

Answer: [tex]1\ \text{Pizza}\ \text{and}\ \dfrac{5}{16}\ \text{pizza}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Mr. Caldwell has 10 full pizzas and half of another one

he wants to distribute it in among 8 of his students

Total pizzas are [tex]10+\frac{1}{2}=\frac{21}{2}[/tex]

So, each student gets

[tex]\Rightarrow \dfrac{\dfrac{21}{2}}{8}\\\\\Rightarrow \dfrac{21}{16}\ \text{or}\ 1\dfrac{5}{16}[/tex]

that is 1 pizza and five-sixteenth part of a pizza.