A. 8 pizza pies at 10 pc. per pie = 80 available pieces
B. Let X be the number of children. Number of pieces eaten = 5 per child = 5X.
c. 22 pieces are left over.
D. Combine line A and line C. Total number of pieces eaten = 80 original minus 22 left over. Result 58 pieces were eaten by X children: 58 = 5X.
E. Solve the equation 58 = 5X by dividing both sides by 5.
WHOOPS! Is this a trick question? Solving the above results in the answer that there are 11.6 children at the party. Hmmm. That 0.6 child is a question mark for me.
Looks like someone miscounted the pizza slices. Or omitted some pertinent information. But, I’m sure there is a logical answer.
