Question

There is 12/5 of a pizza left. How many 3/10 pieces can be made from the leftover pizza?

Answer 1

We have that there is 12/5 left, and we need to know how many 3/10 pieces can be made from the leftover.

To know the answer, we need to divide the fraction 12/5 by 3/10 to know this quantity. Then, we have:

$\frac{\frac{12}{5}}{\frac{3}{10}}=\frac{12\cdot10}{5\cdot3}=\frac{120}{15}=8$

We can check this answer if we sum the 3/10 pieces eight times:

$\frac{3}{10}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{3}{10}=\frac{24}{10}=\frac{12}{5}=8\cdot\frac{3}{10}=\frac{24}{10}=\frac{12}{5}$

Therefore, we can make 8 pieces of 3/10 from the leftover pizza (8 pieces.)