Mario ordered a pizza for dinner. When it arrived, Mario quickly ate 1/4
of the pizza. While Mario was getting napkins, his pet poodle ate 1/3
of the pizza.
After Mario ate 1/4 of the pizza, there were 3/4 left.
Then, after his pet poodle ate 1/3 of the pizza, there were 2/3 left.
Therefore, there are 2/3 of the pizza left.
To calculate the remaining amount of pizza, we can subtract the portions that Mario and his pet poodle ate from the original pizza.
1. Let's start with the fraction Mario ate. He consumed 1/4 of the pizza.
- Subtract 1/4 from the whole pizza: 1 - 1/4 = 3/4
2. After that, the pet poodle ate 1/3 of the remaining pizza (3/4).
- Calculate the remaining pizza: (3/4) - (1/3) = (9/12) - (4/12) = 5/12
The amount of pizza left after both Mario and his pet poodle had their share is 5/12 of the original pizza.
To find out how much pizza Mario and his poodle ate, we need to calculate the combined amount eaten by each of them individually and then add those amounts.
First, let's find out how much pizza Mario ate. We know he consumed 1/4 of the pizza. To calculate this, we can take the total amount of pizza and multiply it by 1/4:
Total amount of pizza eaten by Mario = 1/4 * Total pizza = (1/4) * Total pizza.
Next, let's determine the amount of pizza eaten by Mario's pet poodle. We're given that the poodle ate 1/3 of the pizza. So, we can calculate this by multiplying the total pizza by 1/3:
Total amount of pizza eaten by poodle = 1/3 * Total pizza = (1/3) * Total pizza.
Finally, to find the combined amount eaten by both Mario and his poodle, we need to add the two amounts calculated above:
Combined amount eaten by Mario and poodle = Total amount eaten by Mario + Total amount eaten by poodle.
Now you can plug in the values for the respective fractions to find the answer to how much pizza they ate.