MATH FRACTIONS!!

Question

Julie, Ellen, and Jenny shared a pizza. Julie ate ¹/₈ of the pizza. Ellen and Jenny each ate ³/₈ of the pizza. Did the girls eat the whole pizza? 

Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Hi Celia,

3 of them shared the pizza. Let us consider that the whole pizza has been cut into 8 slices.

Julie ate 1/8 of the pizza- so how many slices did she eat? 1 slice.

Ellen and Jenny each ate 3/8 of the pizza - so they ate 3 slices each.

now count how many slices have been eaten so far?

1+3+3 = 7

the girls ate 7 slices out of 8 slices.

I hope you can figure out the rest of the answer.