maria has a slice of pizza that is 1/6 of the pizza. Ben has a slice of pizza that is 1/3 of the pizza. Maria's slice is bigger. Draw pizzas to show how this is possible.
Maria's pizza is much larger than Ben's.
Yep, Ben has a personal pizza, and Maria has a Larger Large from the Meal deal.
To understand why Maria's slice appears to be bigger even though both slices are fractions of the same pizza, we can draw pizzas to visualize the situation.
Let's draw a circle to represent the whole pizza.
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‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
```
Now, let's divide the pizza into equal slices. Since Maria has a slice that is 1/6 of the pizza, we will divide it into 6 equal parts.
```
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|___|___| <- Maria's slice
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|___|___|
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|___|___|
```
Similarly, Ben has a slice that is 1/3 of the pizza. So, we divide it into 3 equal parts.
```
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|___|___| <- Maria's slice
| | | <- Ben's slice
|___|___|
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|___|___|
```
Now, you can see that even though both slices are fractions, Maria's slice appears bigger because it is a smaller piece of a whole pizza.