Martin made a veggie pizza on a whole wheat crust. He used 16 ounces of cheese. He cut his pizza into 8 slices.

Question

There are ______________ grams of carbohydrates from mozzarella cheese in each slice.
a. 1.58
b.9.48
c.0.79
d.2.37

Answer 1

To determine how many grams of carbohydrates from mozzarella cheese are in each slice of Martin's pizza, we need to find the carbohydrate content of the mozzarella cheese he used.

First, we need to know that 1 ounce of mozzarella cheese typically contains about 1 gram of carbohydrates.

So, for 16 ounces of mozzarella cheese, the amount of carbohydrates is: \[ 16 \text{ ounces} \times 1 \text{ gram/ounce} = 16 \text{ grams of carbohydrates} \]

Next, Martin cut the pizza into 8 slices, so we divide the total grams of carbohydrates by the number of slices: \[ \frac{16 \text{ grams}}{8 \text{ slices}} = 2 \text{ grams of carbohydrates per slice} \]

Now, since the provided answers are in grams and we need to find the closest match, we must consider how this could reflect on the answers given:

The options given are: a. 1.58 b. 9.48 c. 0.79 d. 2.37

Since our calculation gives us 2 grams of carbohydrates per slice, the closest answer is d. 2.37 grams.

So the correct answer is d. 2.37 grams of carbohydrates from mozzarella cheese in each slice.