Question

Damarian arrived to the party late 4. and realized there was only 1 3/8 pizzas left. if damarian eats 5/11 of it, how much did he eat

Answer 1

ANSWER:  

Damarian ate  $\frac{5}{8}$ pizzas out of $\frac{11}{8}$ pizzas

SOLUTION:

Given, Damarian arrived to the party late 4  

And realized there was only $1\frac{3}{8}$ pizzas left  

He ate $\frac{5}{11}$ of it  

We need to find how much did he ate.

Now, the value of left over pizza is in mixed fraction, let us convert it into improper fraction.

$1 \frac{3}{8}=\frac{1 \times 8+3}{8}=\frac{11}{8}$

So, $\frac{11}{8}$ are there by the time he came, and he ate $\frac{5}{11}$ of them.

Now, pizzas ate by him = left over pizza $\times$ fraction that he ate.

$=\frac{11}{8} \times \frac{5}{11}$ = $=\frac{5}{8}$

Hence Damarian ate  $\frac{5}{8}$ pizzas out of $\frac{11}{8}$ pizzas