Popsugar Tech Brain Teasers Pizza Maths Equation If You Pay Close Attention to the Maths Behind Pizza, You Could End Up Saving Serious Dough 8 January 2019 by Karenna Meredith Image Source: Unsplash / Evelyn Listen up, pizza-lovers. If you've ever been faced with the conundrum of which size pie to order to get the most bang for your buck, today's your lucky day. Twitter user @fermatslibrary broke down the maths behind pizza sizes, and it's blowing people's minds. Turns out that after finding the area of each pie, one 18-inch pizza will actually yield more cheesy goodness than two 12-inch pizzas. This essentially means you'll have more to eat when you order one medium pizza instead of two smalls (or personal sizes). I'll cheers to that maths! Ahead, see the equation broken down, as well as many other responses to this exciting realisation. The Original Pizza Problem That Started It All . . . Here's a useful counterintuitive fact: one 18 inch pizza has more 'pizza' than two 12 inch pizzas pic.twitter.com/hePSpG0pJs— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) January 7, 2019 1 / 9 Fans of Crust Realised This Works Out in Their Favour Yeah, but the crust is arguably the best part and two 12 inch pizzas have 33.3% more crust than a 18 inch pizza. And now I'm hungry, thanks @fermatslibrary! pic.twitter.com/ZUfGicpcWG— Tamás Görbe 🇭🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@TamasGorbe) January 7, 2019 2 / 9 Maths Geeks and Pizza-Lovers Rejoice in the Most Ambitious Crossover in History Finally! I can now coherently explain to my 10 year-old why math is important in life: without math, you might unknowingly spend more for less pizza!— South Jersey Techy (@SJTechy) January 7, 2019 3 / 9 Alas, the Maths Is a Little Hard to Swallow pic.twitter.com/ElE2yc1Fsy— Mark Sykes (@MarkSykes15) January 7, 2019 4 / 9 Others Were Just Happy to See the "Truth" Set Free The pizza industry has known this for years but kept their studies hidden. Thanks for speaking truth to power, Andy.— Dale Jackson (@DaleJacksonPI) January 7, 2019 5 / 9 This Is the Kind of Solution We're Looking For, TBH So the best option is to get two 18 inch pizzas then. Got it.— Elaine Ferguson (@fergusonelaine) January 7, 2019 6 / 9 We're Leaving Small Pizzas Behind in 2018 You're not encouraging me to eat smaller pizzas, here... pic.twitter.com/HEBoEqxdVm— Chris Armstrong (@DrCDArmstrong) January 7, 2019 7 / 9 If You Reacted Like This, Please Raise Your Hand I just inflicted this on my friend. She didn't believe me, she did the math, then she let out the most straight-from-the-soul "No" that I've ever heard.— Sam Block 𐠎 (@polyphanes) January 7, 2019 8 / 9 Even Pun-Masters Wanted a Pizza the Action (Sorry) This is my favorite kind of pie chart.— Travis Luscombe (@TravisLuscombe) January 7, 2019 I'll see myself out. 9 / 9 Brain TeasersTwitter ReactionsPizza