Pizza Party
Jackie’s dad is throwing her a pizza party. She is allowed to invite five friends to the party.
Jackie’s dad is throwing her a pizza party. She is allowed to invite five friends to the party. If she wants every person to be able to eat of a pizza, how many pizzas will Jackie’s dad need to order? Use models to make a representation of
your thinking.
She is allowed to invite five friends to the party. If she wants every person to be able to eat of a pizza, how many pizzas will Jackie’s dad need to order? Use models to make a representation of your thinking.
If they order 1 pizza, is that enough?
Does it matter how many slices the pizza is cut into?
She is allowed to invite five friends to the party. If she wants every person to be able to eat of a pizza, how many pizzas will Jackie’s dad need to order? Use models to make a representation of
your thinking.
If they order 1 pizza, is that enough?
Does it matter how many slices it’s cut into?
No, no matter how many slices one pizza is cut into, 6 people can’t each get of that 1 pizza.
No, no matter how many slices one pizza is cut into, 6 people can’t each get of that 1 pizza.
If 1 pizza is cut into 4 slices, only 4 people can
each get of the entire pizza.
No, no matter how many slices one pizza is cut into, 6 people can’t each get of that 1 pizza.
If 1 pizza is cut into 6 slices, and 6 people are sharing it, they would each only get
of the entire pizza, not
Now we know that 1 pizza is not enough for 6 people to each get of a pizza.
How many pizzas will Jackie’s Dad need to order?
Jackie is allowed to invite five friends to the party. If she wants every person to be able to eat of a pizza, how many pizzas will Jackie’s dad need to order? Use models to make a representation of
your thinking.
How many pizzas will Jackie’s Dad need to order?
Share your models and solutions
How did you prove how many pizzas need to be ordered?
Jackie’s dad is thinking about ordering toppings on the pizzas. If he wants to put pepperoni on of the pizzas. How many slices of the pizzas will have pepperoni?
Jackie’s dad is thinking about ordering toppings on the pizzas. If he wants to put pepperoni on of the pizzas. How many slices of the pizzas will have pepperoni?
How many slices should the pizza be divided into? Does it matter? If your answer is different from someone else’s, can you both be correct?
Jackie’s dad is thinking about ordering toppings on the pizzas. If he wants to put pepperoni on of the pizzas. How many slices of the pizzas will have pepperoni?
Use a model that will represent the situation and show your thinking.
Jackie’s dad is also ordering cans of soda. Two people want to order Coke. That means the other friends at the party want something else to drink? Can you represent both groups as fractions?
Coke = Other drink =
Pizza Party