If Ginger evenly shares 3/4

of a pizza with 8 people, how big of a slice does each person get?

1 answer

To find out how big of a slice each person gets, we need to divide 3/4 of a pizza among 8 people.

When we divide 3/4 by 8, we need to find 3/4 ÷ 8.

To divide fractions, we multiply the dividend (3/4) by the reciprocal of the divisor (8). The reciprocal of 8 is 1/8.

So, 3/4 ÷ 8 = 3/4 x 1/8.

Multiplying the numerators (3 x 1) gives us the numerator of the result which is 3.

Multiplying the denominators (4 x 8) gives us the denominator of the result which is 32.

Therefore, each person gets a slice that is 3/32 of the pizza.