Pizza is not only delicous, it can be educational! The next time you are about to enjoy pizza with your children use it as a quick teaching aid to reinforce the concept of fractions:
Example 1: Mom, Dad, Dick, and Jane all want equal shares of the pizza. What are the fractions for one pizza?
<Example 2: Dick and Jane are ordering a pizza but they can't agree on toppings. Dick wants pepperoni and Jane wants mushrooms. They decide to split the pizza and order 1/2 pepperoni and 1/2 mushroom. As they begin cutting the pizza Dad arrives and wants some too. Dick shares 1/2 of his pepperoni and Jane shares 1/2 of her mushroom. What fraction of the whole pizza does each one receive?
Answer 1: One slice each if divided into 4 slices, 2 if divided into 8 slices, 4 if divided into 16 slices. (All servings equal 1/4 of the whole pizza.)
Answer 2: 1/4 to Dick, 1/4 to Jane and 1/2 to Dad. (Mike and Jane probably need to practice their fractions!)