the next conundrum hasnt come out yet.. but i got the last one right
A Pteri with a light appetite could not finish his Rainbow Melt Pizza. In fact, he could only eat exactly half of it.
If the diameter of the pizza was 50cm, and it was a perfect semicircle, what is the area of the smallest square box, in square centimetres, that could contain the half pizza? Please disregard the thickness of the box, round to the nearest whole number, and please only submit a number for your answer
MMK wrote:A Pteri with a light appetite could not finish his Rainbow Melt Pizza. In fact, he could only eat exactly half of it.
If the diameter of the pizza was 50cm, and it was a perfect semicircle, what is the area of the smallest square box, in square centimetres, that could contain the half pizza? Please disregard the thickness of the box, round to the nearest whole number, and please only submit a number for your answer
ah math..the hard part..
what we do is we take the diameter of the pizza, and multiply it by the raduis, that gives us the dimensions and the result is the area..that is what i think..help?
no... he only ate half the pizza, remember. If the pizza started out as a semicircle, you now only have a quadrant left.
I'm pretty sure the pizza was round when he started eating
it says it was a semicircle....
If the pizza was round when he started eating and the diameter was 50 cm, the radius is 25 cm - which is how wide the rest of the pizza is now. But it's still 50 high. So then the answer would be 50x25 right?
Well then I guess it's 25x25?
MariaWB wrote:I'm pretty sure the pizza was round when he started eating
i agree w/ u..anyways..i submited my answer..also..i think that is wouldn't make sense if someone orders HALF a pizza, i don't think you can even DO that..=p i just followed my way that i wrote above..u guys agree?
Read the question more carefully... that's not what it says.
"If the diameter of the pizza was 50cm, and it was a perfect semicircle, what is the area of the smallest square box, in square centimetres, that could contain the half pizza?"
It doesn't say if the diameter of the half pizza. The sentence clearly distinguishes pizza from half pizza.
it may seem too easy, but they have done easy before. I'm just sticking with 1250, since that seems logical, though it might be wrong, since they say "round to the nearest whole number". either way, I got what I wanted out of this, now I'm only here to learn some math
bookworm514 wrote:MariaWB wrote:I'm pretty sure the pizza was round when he started eating
i agree w/ u..anyways..i submited my answer..also..i think that is wouldn't make sense if someone orders HALF a pizza, i don't think you can even DO that..=p i just followed my way that i wrote above..u guys agree?
That was my way of woing it.
ssoo
so its just half the diameter times 50? " 25x50" ??
Re: ssoo
theyellowtreefrog wrote:so its just half the diameter times 50? " 25x50" ??
How does that give us a box that is a perfect square?
it says square box so wouldnt it be 50x50
katie8123 wrote:it says square box so wouldnt it be 50x50
what if we turn the slices and make it fit into a 25 x 25
what if the half pizza was cut in half and one piece placed on top of the other. you'd get that into a square box.
re-read
well, you cant assume in LC anyhow. Those of you who said you cant even order half a pizza, this is a virtual site....anything is possible.
