JessaMae Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 My daughter is doing LoF fractions. So far I've had no trouble explaining the problems to her that she doesn't understand. Until now. (in my own words) ... "If 4 people were sharing 3 pizzas equally, how much would each person get?" I drew a diagram of 3 pizzas and we divided them equally until each person got an equal number of slices. Each pizza was divided 4 times so each person got 3 pieces out of 12 total ... or 1/4. However the answer in the book read 3/4. I feel like I'm missing something really easy here.... Can someone help a foggy-brained mama out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 My daughter is doing LoF fractions. So far I've had no trouble explaining the problems to her that she doesn't understand. Until now. (in my own words) ... "If 4 people were sharing 3 pizzas equally, how much would each person get?" I drew a diagram of 3 pizzas and we divided them equally until each person got an equal number of slices. Each pizza was divided 4 times so each person got 3 pieces out of 12 total ... or 1/4. However the answer in the book read 3/4. I feel like I'm missing something really easy here.... Can someone help a foggy-brained mama out? They got 1/4 of 3 pizzas, but 3/4 of 1 pizza. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 They would each get 1/4 of each pizza, 3 pizzas means a total of 3/4 of a pizza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessaMae Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 Ok thank you! I didn't realize it was how much of one pizza, rather than how much of the 3 pizzas. Thanks for the help!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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