Question

Me fairfax ordered 3 large pizzas for a class party. Group A ate 6/6 of the first pizza, And group B ate 8/6 of the remaining pizza. During the party, the class discussed which group ate more pizza. Did group A or B eat more pizza? Use words a pictures to explain your answer.

Answer 1

To solve this problem, let's first figure out how much pizza each group ate.

Group A ate 6/6 of the first pizza, which means they ate the entire pizza.

Group B then ate 8/6 of the remaining pizza. Since there was only 1 pizza left after Group A finished, Group B's portion came from this 1 whole pizza. 8/6 is more than 1 whole pizza, so Group B must have eaten more than Group A.

Therefore, Group B ate more pizza than Group A.

Let's illustrate this with a visual representation:

Pizza 1:
Group A = 6/6 (entire pizza)
Group B = 0/6

Pizza 2:
Group A = 0/6
Group B = 8/6 (more than 1 pizza)

Since Group B's portion exceeds 1 pizza, it is clear that they ate more pizza than Group A.