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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 Answers
Feb 23, 2018

The answer is 3.

Explanation:

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

Feb 23, 2018

#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