maria's pizza is cut into 8 pieces, and jennifer's pizza is cut into 12 pieces. maria eats 6 pieces of her pizza, and Jennifer eats 7 pieces of her pizza. what fraction of pizza shows how much less pizza jennifer ate than maria

Maria: 6/8 = 18/24

Jennifer: 7/12 = 14/24

Subtract.

1/6

Right!

To find the fraction that represents how much less pizza Jennifer ate than Maria, we need to compare the number of pieces they ate.

First, we find the total number of pieces in each pizza:
- Maria's pizza has 8 pieces.
- Jennifer's pizza has 12 pieces.

Next, we determine the number of pieces they ate:
- Maria ate 6 pieces of her pizza.
- Jennifer ate 7 pieces of her pizza.

To find the difference in the number of pieces Jennifer ate compared to Maria, we subtract the number of pieces Jennifer ate from the number of pieces Maria ate:
6 - 7 = -1

Here we have a negative number, indicating that Jennifer ate 1 piece more than Maria. To find the fraction representing this difference, we take the absolute value of the difference and express it as a fraction of the total number of pieces in either pizza.

Since Jennifer ate 1 piece more than Maria, the fraction representing the difference is 1/8 because Maria's pizza has 8 pieces.

Therefore, the fraction that shows how much less pizza Jennifer ate than Maria is 1/8.