Question

Ginny's class ordered 4 pizzas. They ate seven-twelfths of each pizza. How many pizzas did they eat?

2 and one-third

3 and one-fourth

2 and one-fourth

1 and three-fourths

Answer 1

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Answer 2

\(\dfrac{7}{12}\cdot 4 = 7\cdot\dfrac{4}{12}\)

Are we getting anywhere?

Answer 3

"Of" means multipy. So 7/12 of 4 translates to\[\frac{7}{12}(4)=\frac{7}{3}=2\frac{1}{3}\]