six friends share 5 small pizzas. Each friend first eats half of a pizza. How much more pizza does each friend need to eat to finish all the pizzas and share them equally?
6 * (1/2) = 3
5 - 3 = 2 pizzas left
2/6 = ?
6 student share 5 pizzas equally
1/3
To solve this problem, we need to first determine the total amount of pizza each friend needs to eat in order to finish all the pizzas and share them equally.
Each friend first eats half of a pizza, which means they have already eaten 1/2 of a pizza. Since there are 6 friends, they have collectively eaten 6 x 1/2 = 3 pizzas.
Now, we need to figure out how much pizza is left to be eaten. Initially, there were 5 pizzas, and 3 pizzas have already been eaten. So, there are 5 - 3 = 2 pizzas remaining.
To share the remaining 2 pizzas equally among the 6 friends, each friend needs to eat 2/6 = 1/3 of the remaining pizzas.
Since each friend has already eaten 1/2 of a pizza, they still need to eat an additional 1/3 of a pizza to finish all the pizzas and share them equally.
Therefore, each friend needs to eat a total of 1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6 of a pizza to finish all the pizzas and share them equally.