Question. John with his five friends ordered 3 pizzas. Each pizza had 8 slices. If they all finished and ate the same amount of pizzas, how many slices did each person eat?
Answer. 4
What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer?
Reasoning: There were 3 x 8 = 24 slices of pizza. Since there were 6 persons, then each person ate 24 / 6 = 4 slices.