Five friends are sharing a pizza. Two friend eats half of the pizza. The other three friends equally divide the rest among themselves. What portion of the pizza did each of the other three friends receive?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. 5/6
D. 1/5
we need to find the portion of pizza shared by other three friends.
Two friends eat half of the pizza, which is ½
And the remaining amount of pizza, 
Now, the other three friends share ½ amongst themselves equally. Then, each friend gets
The other three friends each gets 1/6 of the pizza.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is A.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: Which of the following is the length of the unknown leg of a right triangle that has one leg length of 10 feet and a hypotenuse of 24 feet? (Round to the nearest tenth.)
A. 21.8 feet
B. 25 feet
C. 13.6 feet
D. 17.7 feet
Answer Explanation
Let the unknown length of the x. The resulting triangle is shown below.
We use the Pythagoras theorem as follows to find the unknown value of x as:
Thus, the value of unknown side of the triangle is 21.8 feet.
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Q #2: Which of the following is the decimal equivalent of 15/27? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places).
A. 0.56
B. 5.56
C. 3.86
D. 0.36
Answer Explanation
Using a calculator to evaluate 15÷27 results in 0.5555555556. To two decimal places, the answer becomes 0.56.
Thus, 0.56 is the decimal equivalent of 15/27.
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Q #3: As the dollar rate increases in a day, the amount of investment, stock prices, and forex exchange deposit available also decreases. Which of the following is the independent variable?
A. Amount of investment
B. Dollar rate
C. Stock prices
D. Forex exchange deposit
Answer Explanation
Based on the given scenario, the outcome of measuring the daily dollar rate is the decline in investment, stock prices, and forex exchange. The three outcomes are dependent variables while the dollar rate is the independent variable.
