Sandra makes a pizza she puts mushrooms on 2/8 of the pizza she adds green peppers to 5/8 of the pizza which topping covers more of the pizza
Which is greater?
5 or 2? The denominator is the same, so you would have to find out which is greater.
Green peppers
To determine which topping covers more of the pizza, we need to compare the fractions of the pizza covered by mushrooms (2/8) and green peppers (5/8).
To make the comparison easier, we can convert both fractions to have the same denominator. The least common denominator for 8 and 8 is 8 itself.
1. For mushrooms:
Since the denominator is already 8, the fraction remains the same:
2/8
2. For green peppers:
To convert 5/8 to have a denominator of 8, we need to multiply the numerator and denominator by 1:
(5/8) * (1/1) = 5/8
Now that both fractions have the same denominator, we can compare the numerators directly:
Mushrooms: 2/8
Green peppers: 5/8
Comparing the numerators, we can see that 5/8 (green peppers) is greater than 2/8 (mushrooms).
Therefore, the topping that covers more of the pizza is green peppers.
To determine which topping covers more of the pizza, we can compare the fractions representing the portions covered by each topping.
Sandra puts mushrooms on 2/8 of the pizza, and she adds green peppers to 5/8 of the pizza.
To compare fractions, it's helpful to find a common denominator. In this case, the denominators are already the same (8), so we can directly compare the numerators.
Comparing 2 and 5, we can see that 5 is greater than 2. Therefore, the topping that covers more of the pizza is green peppers, as they cover 5/8 of the pizza, compared to mushrooms, which only cover 2/8 (which can be simplified to 1/4) of the pizza.
So, the green peppers cover more of the pizza than the mushrooms.