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    Mario was a pizza maker who owned Scrumptious 

Pizza, a pizza parlor in a small town. He was known 

for making some of the best pizza and was always very 

busy. Customers dined in or carried out from open to 

close. 

      Mario sold small pizza’s which had 4 slices, 

mediums which had 8 slices and large pizzas that had 

12 slices. He carried a variety of pizza toppings; 

sausage, cheese, olives, pineapple, bacon, peppers, 

and the most popular, pepperoni. 

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“1 large pepperoni pizza please!”

“2 medium bacon pizzas for me please!"

“1 small cheese pizza over here!” 

“3 large pizzas, 1 with pepperoni, 1 cheese 

and 1 pineapple to go please!"

    Mario filled these orders quickly on a daily 

basis with no problems.

    One day, regular customers, Luigi and Kong, walked in to place 

a carryout order. “I’ll take 1 large pizza with pepperoni, bacon, 

olives and sausage to go. I want there to be an equal amount of 

slices of each, please Mario.” said Luigi. 

“That sounds delicious Luigi! I’d like the same, please Mario.” said 

Kong. 

“You both want 1 large pizza with pepperoni, bacon, olives and 

sausage?” Mario asked, stunned by their order.  

“Yes, that’s correct” said Luigi and Kong. 

     Mario was stunned by their order, they wanted four different 

toppings! How will I know how many slices to do of each? Mario 

wondered. Minutes passed as he stood with the dough in front of 

him, not knowing what to do. The line for pizza orders began to 

grow longer and longer.

“We’ve been waiting forever." 

“What’s going on?” 

       Mario began to feel anxious hearing all his customers 

complaints. He could see Luigi and Kong getting more upset as the 

time passed. Just as he was about to give up he saw his mother, 

Catarina, who was once a pizza maker, walk in. 

         Catarina looked at the line of customers waiting to order and 

saw that they many didn't look very happy. She walked to the 

counter and asked Mario why there was such a big line.

“They ordered a large pizza with four toppings and they want an 

equal amount of slices for each topping. How should I divide the 

toppings evenly into 12 slices?” asked Mario.

"Don't worry. I will help you," Catarina replied, smiling. 

      Catarina laid out all the ingredients that they 

needed to make the pizzas. She explained, since he 

needed equal parts, he must make sure that there is 

an equal amount of slices for each. 

      She sliced the dough 12 ways and spreads out 

the 4 ingredients. She topped one slice with one 

topping. Then she added the same topping to 

another slice. She continued to do that with each 

topping until all of the pizza had equal amounts of 

the four different toppings.  

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