Question

During Ashland High School basketball games, the snack bar sells both cheese and pepperoni pizza slices. Last night, the snack bar sold 143 slices of pizza. They sold 10 times as many pepperoni slices as cheese slices.

How many slices of cheese pizza did the snack bar sell last night?

slices of cheese pizza

Answer 1

Answer:

  13 slices of cheese pizza

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider grouping the slices so there are 10 pepperoni and 1 cheese in each group of 11. Then 143 slices represents 143/11 = 13 groups. Since there is 1 cheese slice in each group, ...

  13 slices of cheese pizza were sold