There are 3 pizzas. Each child will get 1/4 of a pizza. How many children will get pizza?
3 * 4 = ?
this is easy: each child will get 12 pieces.
12
3x 1/4 equal 3/4
To find out how many children will get pizza, we need to divide the total number of pizzas by the fraction of pizza each child will receive.
Given that there are 3 pizzas, and each child will get 1/4 of a pizza, we can calculate the number of children as follows:
3 pizzas ÷ 1/4 pizza per child
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal (flipping it upside down). So, we have:
3 pizzas × 4/1 pizza per child
Multiplying the numerators and the denominators, we get:
(3 × 4) pizzas ÷ 1
This simplifies to:
12 pizzas ÷ 1
Dividing any number by 1 gives us the same number, so:
12 pizzas
Therefore, 12 children will get pizza.