Mary had 3/4 of a pizza left over. She cut it into pieces, each of which is 3/8 of the whole pizza. How many pieces did Mary cut?

To find out how many pieces Mary cut, we need to divide the amount of pizza left over by the size of each piece.

1. Start with the amount of pizza left over: 3/4 of a pizza.
2. Divide this amount by the size of each piece: (3/4) / (3/8).
3. To divide fractions, we invert the divisor and multiply: (3/4) * (8/3).
4. Cancel out common factors: (3/1) * (2/1) = 3 * 2 = 6.

Mary cut the pizza into 6 pieces.

To find out how many pieces Mary cut, we need to divide the amount of pizza left over (3/4) by the size of each piece (3/8).

Step 1: Convert the fraction 3/4 to have the same denominator as 3/8.

In order to add or subtract fractions, they need to have the same denominator. The least common multiple (LCM) of 4 and 8 is 8. So, we can convert 3/4 to have a denominator of 8 by multiplying both the numerator and denominator by 2:

3/4 * 2/2 = 6/8

Now, we have 6/8 of the pizza left over.

Step 2: Divide the amount of pizza left over (6/8) by the size of each piece (3/8).

To divide fractions, we need to multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

So, we have:

(6/8) ÷ (3/8) = (6/8) * (8/3)

Step 3: Simplify the division.

Cancel out the common factor of 8 in the numerator and denominator:

(6/8) * (8/3) = (6/3)

Divide the numerator by the denominator:

6 ÷ 3 = 2

Therefore, Mary cut 2 pieces of pizza.

Lets start with a whole pizza. How many eighths are there?

we do

4/4*2/2=8/8, 8/8

is how many slices of pizza there are. we take away

1/4*2/2=2/8

making it 6/8 left. if there is 3/4 of a pizza left or 6/8 and each piece takes up 3/8 of the WHOLE pizza, how many pieces did she cut? I gave you most of it. I hope you can solve it now.

Please realize that I am not the smartest so I would check with a teacher before you write it down. hope this helped!!! :)