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How much pizza to order?

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Material Type: Simulation
Technical Format: Javascript
Date Added to MERLOT: November 11, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT: January 14, 2013
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Submitter : Maurici Carbó

Description:

Application on addition of fractions.

Working with italian pizzas, improper fractions and mixed fractions.

The program raises the problem from a hypothetical party where the guests ask for a specific pizza fraction. Guests can only choose two types of pizza for each party.
The program calls for the total amount you end up ordering pizza.
In order to solve the most difficult problems is a tool to help solve, finding the common denominator.

There is a video as support material:

http://youtu.be/TVTzNwDPmLU

(Video soundtrack: 'O surdato nnammurato' (written by: Aniello Califano Composer: Enrico Cannio) Voice by: Beniamino Gigli) (In Neapolitan language)

This program has a castilian (spanish) version and catalan version in the nummolt site:

"Cuanta pizza encargamos?"  &  "Quanta pizza encarreguem?"

There's a free Android (V2.2 and up) version in the mirror link: (multilingual version: en, ca, es, fr, it)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nummolt.howmuch.pizza


Keywords:
song, lowest common denominator, Math, obbl math toys, pepperoni, Android, nummolt, mixed fractions, Neapolitan, fractions, common denominator, adding fractions, Italian pizza, improper fractions

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Primary Audience: Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed
Mobile Compatibility: Not specified at this time
Technical Requirements: Recent browsers (Firefox 15, Explorer 9)

Language: English
Cost Involved: no
Source Code Available: unsure
Accessiblity Information Available: unsure
Copyright: yes
Creative Commons: unsure

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