Question

Dana ordered 6 pizzas for her party and each pizza is sliced into quarters. She says in order to find out how many slices there are, she needs to calculate
6÷1/4. Which multiplication expression will also solve the problem of how many slices there are?

Answer 1

To solve the problem, Dana can either divide 6 by 1/4 or multiply 6 by the reciprocal of 1/4. This means, Dana can calculate it as follows:

6 ÷ 1/4 = 6 x 4/1 = 24

Therefore, Dana has 24 slices of pizza for her party. Alternatively, she can use the multiplication expression:

6 x 4 = 24

This will also give the same result, which is the total number of pizza slices.