Sixteen scholars have volunteered to stay after school to help set up for the school musical. The musical director plans to order pizza for the scholars. Each pizza pie includes 8 slices and costs $13.49. How much money would the director have to pay in order to give each scholar 1.5 slices of pizza?

The director would have to pay $40.47.

If each scholar eats one slice of pizza, then there would be two pizza pies because 8 slices plus another 8 slices in 16

8+8=16

If all of them eat another .5 slice, adding up the halves would equal 8

.5 x 16 = 8

In total, the director would have to buy three pizzas which equals up to our total of $40.47