What number could replace SYMBOL
below?
\dfrac{A}{B} = \dfrac{C}{SYMBOL}
The fraction on the left represents dividing some rectangular pizza(1).plural(2) into B slices, then taking A slices.
How many slices would we need to cut each pizza(1) into so that C slices would give us the same amount of pizza(1)?
Each of the original A slices must be divided into M slices to get C slices in total.
If we divide all the original slices into M slices, then one pizza(1) will have a total of D slices.
\dfrac{A}{B} = \dfrac{C}{D}
and so the answer is D
.
Another way to get the answer is to multiply by \dfrac{M}{M}
.
\dfrac{M}{M} = \dfrac{1}{1} = 1
so really we are multiplying by 1.
The final equation is: \dfrac{A}{B} \times \dfrac{M}{M} =
\dfrac{C}{D}
so our answer is D
.
What number could replace SYMBOL
below?
\dfrac{A}{B} = \dfrac{SYMBOL}{D}
The fraction on the left represents dividing some rectangular pizza(1).plural(2) into B slices, then taking A slices.
What if we cut each pizza(1) into D slices instead?
In order to take the same amount of pizza(1) as before, we now need to take C slices.
\dfrac{A}{B} = \dfrac{C}{D}
and so the answer is C
.
Another way to get the answer is to multiply by \dfrac{M}{M}
.
\dfrac{M}{M} = \dfrac{1}{1} = 1
so really we are multiplying by 1.
The final equation is: \dfrac{A}{B} \times \dfrac{M}{M} =
\dfrac{C}{D}
so our answer is C
.
What number could replace SYMBOL
below?
\dfrac{C}{D} = \dfrac{A}{SYMBOL}
The fraction on the left represents dividing some rectangular pizza(1).plural(2) into D slices, then taking C slices.
If we share those C slices equally between A person, how many slices does each person get?
If we share those C slices equally between A people, how many slices does each person get?
Sharing C slices equally between A person means each person gets M slices.
Sharing C slices equally between A people means each person gets M slices.
If we give each person M slices, how many people can we feed with one pizza(1)?
One pizza(1) has D slices, so if we give each person M slices, we could feed B people.
\dfrac{C}{D} = \dfrac{A}{B}
and so the answer is B
.
Another way to get the answer is to divide by \dfrac{M}{M}
.
\dfrac{M}{M} = \dfrac{1}{1} = 1
so really we are dividing by 1.
The final equation is: \dfrac{C}{D} \div \dfrac{M}{M} =
\dfrac{A}{B}
so our answer is B
.
What number could replace SYMBOL
below?
\dfrac{C}{D} = \dfrac{SYMBOL}{B}
The fraction on the left represents dividing some rectangular pizza(1).plural(2) into D slices, then taking C slices.
What if we cut each pizza(1) into B slices instead?
In order to take the same amount of pizza(1) as before, we now need to take only A slices.
\dfrac{C}{D} = \dfrac{A}{B}
and so the answer is A
.
Another way to get the answer is to divide by \dfrac{M}{M}
.
\dfrac{M}{M} = \dfrac{1}{1} = 1
so really we are dividing by 1.
The final equation is: \dfrac{C}{D} \div \dfrac{M}{M} =
\dfrac{A}{B}
so our answer is A
.