On a pizza buffet, there are 8 pizzas. two of the pizzas are hamburger. three of the pizzas are pepperoni. one pizza is cheese, and there are 2 supreme pizzas. what fraction represents the pepperoni pizzas?

Respuesta :

The whole is 8. There are 8 pizzas total. Out of the 8 total pizzas, there are 3 pepperoni pizzas.

The fraction would be represented by:

[tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex]

Anytime we want to represent something as a fraction, we need to look for the PART and the WHOLE. Once we know the part and the whole, we write the fraction as [tex] \frac{PART}{WHOLE}  [/tex] with part in the numerator and whole in the denominator.

The whole is how many total things you have - - you are told there are eight total pizzas.

The part is how many of the whole have the quality you want. Here, it's pepperoni pizzas and you are told there are 2.

Thus, the fraction is as follows:

[tex] \frac{PART}{WHOLE}  [/tex] = 2/8 = 1/4.


Thus, 1/4 of the pizzas are pepperoni pizzas.