The principal ordered four pizzas for the

twelve students of the month. If each pizza

has 8 pieces, what is the ratio of pieces of

pizza to students of the month? Reduce your

answer to lowest terms.

4 pizzas = 32 pieces

12 students

so, the ratio is

32/12 = 8/3

8:3

38

To find the ratio of pieces of pizza to students of the month, we need to determine the total number of pizza pieces and the number of students.

Given that there are 4 pizzas and each pizza has 8 pieces, we can multiply these values together to find the total number of pizza pieces: 4 * 8 = 32.

Next, we consider the number of students, which is given as 12.

To calculate the ratio, we divide the total number of pizza pieces by the number of students: 32 / 12.

To reduce the ratio to its lowest terms, we need to find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of both numbers (32 and 12) and divide both of them by this common divisor.

The GCD of 32 and 12 is 4, so we divide both numbers by 4: (32 / 4) / (12 / 4) = 8/3.

Therefore, the ratio of pieces of pizza to students of the month is 8:3, reduced to its lowest terms.