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In Mathematics / High School | 2014-04-09

A pizza is divided into 12 equal slices.
- 4 slices have mushrooms only.
- 2 slices have mushrooms and pepperoni.
- 6 slices have pepperoni only.

Write two equivalent fractions to describe the parts of the pizza with:
Mushrooms only: ____________ and ____________
Pepperoni only: ____________ and ____________
Mushrooms and pepperoni: ____________ and ____________

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Answer (3)

Mushroom only: 4/12 and 1/3 Pepperoni only:6/12 and 2/4 Both mushroom and pepperoni: 2/12 and 1/6

Answered by Reilly16 | 2024-06-10

The equivalent fractions for only mushroom , only **pepperoni **and mushrooms and pepperoni are given as 1/3, 2/6, 1/2, 2/4, 1/6, 2/12 respectively.
What is a fraction?
A **fraction **is a number written in the form a / b, where a and b are **integers **and b โ‰  0.
The number a is called as the numerator and b is the denominator.
The given problem can be solved as follows,
(a) The fraction to represent only mushrooms is given as below,
The number of mushroom slices รท Total number of slice
โ‡’ 4 รท 12
โ‡’ 1/3
Multiply **numerator **and **denominator **by 2 to get equivalent fraction as2/6
(b) The fraction to represent only pepperoni is given as below,
The number of pepperoni slices รท Total number of slice
6 รท 12
โ‡’ 1/2
Multiply numerator and denominator by 2 to get equivalent fraction as 2/4.
(c) The fraction to represent only mushrooms and pepperoni is given as below,
The number of mushrooms and pepperoni slices รท Total number of slice
โ‡’ 2 รท 12
โ‡’ 1/6
Multiply numerator and denominator by 2 to get equivalent fraction as 2/12.
Hence, the required **fractions **for the given case are 1/3, 2/6, 1/2, 2/4, 1/6, 2/12 respectively.
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Answered by Akanshavt | 2024-06-24

We have identified the equivalent fractions for each type of topping on the pizza. For mushrooms only, the fractions are 3 1 โ€‹ and 24 8 โ€‹ . For pepperoni only, they are 2 1 โ€‹ and 24 12 โ€‹ , while for mushrooms and pepperoni, they are 6 1 โ€‹ and 24 4 โ€‹ .
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Answered by Akanshavt | 2024-10-01