The science club plans to purchase x pizzas to feed the students at the science fair. Each pizza contains eight slices and each student at the science fair gets two slices.

Question

Write an algebraic expression for the total number of students that the science club can feed pizza.

Answer 1

To determine the total number of students that the science club can feed with \( x \) pizzas, we start with the following information:

1. Each pizza contains 8 slices.
2. Each student consumes 2 slices.

First, we find the total number of slices available from \( x \) pizzas: \[ \text{Total slices} = 8 \times x = 8x \]

Next, we find out how many students can be fed with the total number of slices. Since each student consumes 2 slices, we can calculate the number of students \( S \) that can be fed as follows: \[ S = \frac{\text{Total slices}}{\text{Slices per student}} = \frac{8x}{2} \]

Now, simplifying this expression: \[ S = 4x \]

Thus, the algebraic expression for the total number of students that the science club can feed pizza is: \[ \boxed{4x} \]