me. Phillips ordered 56 pizzas for a school fundraiser. of the pizzas ordered, 2/7 of them were pepperoni, 19 were cheese, and the rest were veggie pizzas. what fraction of the pizza was veggie?



Answer :

3/8 were veggie because 2/7 is 16 and 16 + 19 is 35. 56-35 is 21. So the fraction is 21/56 but you can reduce it and the reduced form is 3/8

The fraction of the pizza for veggie is 3/8

Further Explanation:

Total pizza that was ordered = 56 pizzas

Amount of pepperoni that were ordered = 2/7 of 56 pizzas

  = 2/7 x 56

  = 2 x 56 ÷ 7

  = 112 ÷ 7

  = 16 pepperoni pizzas

Amount of cheese that were ordered = 19 cheese pizzas

Therefore adding the amount of pepperoni plus the amount of cheese that were ordered =

Amount of pepperoni + Amount of cheese =

   = 16 + 19

   = 35

To derive the amount of the pizza for veggie, the total values derived from the addition of the amount of the pepperoni and cheese (which is 35) would be subtracted from the total pizzas that were ordered (which is 56.

   = 56 – 35

   = 21 pizzas

To derive the fraction of the pizza for veggie, the total amount of ordered veggie pizza will be divided by the total amount of pizzas ordered.

Total veggie pizzas ordered = 21

Total pizzas ordered = 56

Hence,

21/56; further broken down to 3/8

The above mathematical problem is an example of number problems, and also fraction. And to get the solution to the problem, it could be observed that multiplication, division and subtraction were made use of, and they are said to be orders of operation in mathematics.

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