Question

Ned divided his share further into 8 equal slices and did the same with Ted’s share. Since the plan was to share it equally, each of them took 8 slices out of 16. At that point Ned thought that the pizza wasn’t shared equally. What can you say about Ned's thought?

• A. True
• B. False
• C. What he thought was false. The pizza was shared equally
• D. It depends on the size of each slice

Answer 1

The correct option is C What he thought was false. The pizza was shared equally

For all practical purposes, we assume that the silces were exactly same in size, since the question mentions "equal slices"
Ted has a slice of the pizza and Ned has a slice of the pizza.
Each of them divides their share of the pizza into 8 equal slices. Hence that leaves them with a total of 16 equal slices
Since they take 8 slices each, Ned (or Ted) gets $\frac{8}{16}$ of the pizza. This is because out the 16 slices available is divided between them, each taking 8 slices.

Now Ned feels the pizza was not shared equally. Ned has $\frac{8}{16}$ of the pizza, which is equal to $\frac{1}{2}$ of the pizza.
Ted has $\frac{8}{16}$ of the pizza, which is equal to $\frac{1}{2}$ of the pizza.

Since both of them have to $\frac{1}{2}$ of the pizza, the pizza was shared equally