Sue and Joe each ordered a small pizza. Sue ate 2.5 of her pizza. Joe ate 3/4 of his pizza. What fraction of a pizza did Joe eat more than Sue?
Whoa! Sue ate 2.5 of her pizza? That means that she ate two whole pizzas and half of another pizza.
Please proofread your problem and repost.
It is saying Sue ate 2.5 slices of her pizza
Into how many pieces was her pizza divided? 4? 8? more?
I does not state.
Then you have an error in your problem. Is it possible that Sue ate 0.25 of her pizza?
Or did Sue eat 2/5 of her pizza?
To find out what fraction of a pizza Joe ate more than Sue, we first need to determine the fraction of each pizza that they ate individually.
Sue ate 2.5 of her pizza, which can be written as the fraction 2.5/1 or 5/2.
Joe ate 3/4 of his pizza.
To compare the amount Joe ate to Sue, we need to find a common denominator for the fractions.
The common denominator for 2 and 4 is 4.
Now, let's write the fractions with the common denominator:
Sue = 5/2 = 10/4 (multiplying the numerator and denominator by 2)
Joe = 3/4
To find the fraction Joe ate more than Sue, we subtract Sue's fraction from Joe's fraction:
Joe's fraction - Sue's fraction = (3/4) - (10/4) = -7/4
However, negative fractions don't make sense in this context. We want to know the fraction Joe ate more than Sue and not the other way around.
Therefore, when it comes to the fraction of a pizza, Joe did not eat more than Sue.