If Ginger evenly shares 3/4
of a pizza with 8 people, how big of a slice does each person get?
To find out how big of a slice each person gets, we need to divide 3/4 of a pizza among 8 people.
When we divide 3/4 by 8, we need to find 3/4 ÷ 8.
To divide fractions, we multiply the dividend (3/4) by the reciprocal of the divisor (8). The reciprocal of 8 is 1/8.
So, 3/4 ÷ 8 = 3/4 x 1/8.
Multiplying the numerators (3 x 1) gives us the numerator of the result which is 3.
Multiplying the denominators (4 x 8) gives us the denominator of the result which is 32.
Therefore, each person gets a slice that is 3/32 of the pizza.
To find out how big of a slice each person gets when Ginger shares 3/4 of a pizza with 8 people, you need to divide the amount of pizza by the number of people.
Step 1: Convert 3/4 to a decimal by dividing the numerator (3) by the denominator (4): 3 ÷ 4 = 0.75.
Step 2: Divide 0.75 (the amount of pizza Ginger shares) by 8 (the number of people): 0.75 ÷ 8 = 0.09375.
Step 3: Round the result to an appropriate decimal place. Since pizza is often divided into eighths, you can round to two decimal places: 0.09375 ≈ 0.09.
Therefore, each person gets a slice that is approximately 0.09 (or 9%) of the whole pizza.