Question

William placed an order for eight pizzas, each with six slices. There are 12 people in the house including his friends. Derive an expression for the number of slices each would receive

• A. $x=\frac{8\times 6}{12}$
• B. $x=\frac{8}{12\times 6}$
• C. $x=8\times 6+12$
• D. $x=8\times 6-12$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $x=\frac{8\times 6}{12}$

Number pizzas $=8$
Number of slices in each pizza $=6$
$\therefore$ Total number of slices of pizza $=8\times 6$
Number of persons in the house $=12$

Let $x$ be the number of pieces each person receives
$\therefore$ Number of slices each person receives $=\frac{\text{Total number of slices of pizza}}{\text{Number of person in the house}}$
$\Rightarrow x=\frac{8\times 6}{12}$