Question

Jamal ordered $ 4 $ pizzas and If each slice is $ \dfrac{1}{8} $ of a pizza. Find how many slices of pizza did Jamal order.

Answer 1

Hint: In this problem, we have given a fraction and we know that the above part is the numerator and below part is the denominator, where the denominator represents the total parts of a thing and the numerator denotes the part that has been used from the total part. Let us take an example, if we have an apple and we cut it into $ 4 $ equal parts then each part of an apple is $ \dfrac{1}{4} $ of an apple.

Complete step by step solution:
In this problem, we have to find the total number of slices of pizza that Jamal orders and it is given in the question that Jamal ordered $ 4 $ pizzas and each slice is $ \dfrac{1}{8} $ of a pizza and from the above hint part we know that the denominator represent the total parts of a thing, so, it means, there are $ 8 $ slices in a pizza. So, to find the total slices of pizza, we need to multiply the slices in a pizza with the total number of pizzas ordered. On multiplying, we get,
 $ \Rightarrow 8 \times 4 = 32 $
Hence, Jamal ordered $ 32 $ slices of pizza.
So, the correct answer is “32”.

Note: There is also an another way to find the total slices of the pizza, we know that there are $ 8 $ slices in a pizza, so to find the total slices of $ 4 $ pizza, we can add $ 8 $ , four times, as there are $ 4 $ pizzas that are ordered by Jamal, on adding, we get, $ 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32 $ . Hence, there are a total $ 32 $ slices of pizza.