Question

A pizza is cut into slices that are each 1/6 of the whole. John is going to eat 1/2 of the whole pizza. How many slices will John eat?

It is math and I don't know the answer HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

The answer is 3.

Explanation:

Imagine a pizza, you slice it into 6 pieces, but you do not remove them form each other. . Now if you take any of the line I have sliced through the pizza, it will be half of the pizza.

you can also look at it like this: 6 is the whole pizza, what is the half of 6? 3. So there will be three pieces you have

Answer 2

`3`slices

Explanation:

The whole pizza`=1/6+1/6+1/6+1/6+1/6+1/6`six pieces

`:,=cancel6^1/cancel6^1=1`whole pizza

John eats`1/2=1/cancel2^1xxcancel6^3/6`

`:.=3/6=1/6+1/6+1/6=3`slices