Pizza is one of the best known and most consumed foods in the world. 20% of the restaurants that exist in the world are pizzerias, and it is estimated that we eat more than 5,000 million pizzas a year. There is nothing! On more than one occasion we have faced the debate of whether it is better to order two medium pizzas or a large pizza depending on the diners . In the vast majority of cases we opt for two medians, but, judging by this mathematical reason, it is an error.
The Twitter account ‘Fermat’s Libray’ has published a tweet with the calculation of the area of two medium-sized pizzas and that of the area of a large pizza. The result is that two medium pizzas measure 226 square inches (575 square centimeters) while one large pizza has a surface area of 254 square inches (645.16 square centimeters).
Therefore, it is more profitable to order a large pizza . In addition, in the vast majority of pizzerias, it has a lower price compared to two medium-sized ones.
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
Pizza curiosities
Following this news, it is worth knowing some curiosities about this dish :
- Origin: the origin of pizza dates back thousands of years. The Etruscans, ancestors of the Romans, already ate baked flatbreads filled with honey and cheese.
- United States: The United States is the country in the world with the most pizzerias, nothing more and nothing less than 66,000. Additionally, Americans celebrate “National Pizza Day” on February 9.
- Hawaiian pizza: if there is a pizza that generates a great controversy, it is the Hawaiian one because one of its ingredients is pineapple. No, it was not born in Hawaii, but is an invention of the German chef Clemen Wilmenrod.
- Denomination of Origin: there is only one pizza with DO This is authentic artisanal Neapolitan pizza, which the European Union recognized as a traditional Italian agri-food product in 2010.
- Queen Margarita: and finally, at the end of the 19th century, pizza was a workers’ food because it was cheap and easy to prepare. Queen Margarita decided to try it, and she liked it so much that the more classic version of this dish took her name.
