Question

If Ginger evenly shares 3/4
of a pizza with 8 people, how big of a slice does each person get?(1 point)
Responses

634
of the pizza
6 and 3 fourths of the pizza

14
of the pizza
1 fourth of the pizza

12
of the pizza
1 half of the pizza

1/12
of the pizza

Answer 1

To find out how big of a slice each person gets, we need to divide the amount of pizza Ginger is sharing (which is \( \frac{3}{4} \) of a pizza) by the number of people (which is 8).

Here's how we do it:

\[
\text{Size of each slice} = \frac{\frac{3}{4}}{8}
\]

To divide by a whole number, we multiply by its reciprocal:

\[
\frac{3}{4} \div 8 = \frac{3}{4} \times \frac{1}{8}
\]

Now multiply the fractions:

\[
\frac{3 \times 1}{4 \times 8} = \frac{3}{32}
\]

So, each person gets \( \frac{3}{32} \) of the pizza. This size is not listed in your responses, but that is the correct amount.