INTERPRET PROBLEMS A pizza party is being planned for the last day of class and the teacher wants to know if ordering eight pizzas will be enough. a. If each student in the class will eat at most 3 pieces of pizza and the teacher will eat 3, write an inequality for the number of pieces of pizza p that will need to be ordered based on the number of students s. b. If each pizza has 8 pieces and the class has 21 students, do you think ordering 8 pizzas be enough for the party? Explain your reasoning.

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15. INTERPRET PROBLEMS

A pizza party is being planned for the last day of class and
the teacher wants to know if ordering eight pizzas will be enough.


a. If each student in the class will eat at most 3 pieces of pizza and the teacher will
eat 3, write an inequality for the number of pieces of pizza p that will need to be
ordered based on the number of students s.


b. If each pizza has 8 pieces and the class has 21 students, do you think ordering 8 pizzas be enough for the party? Explain your reasoning.

 

 

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