If you ordered two pizzas for dinner Friday. Dad ate 3/4 of one pizza, Jenny ate 1/8 of a pizza, Danny ate 1/4 of a pizza, and Mom ate 1/2 of a pizza. What fraction of a pizza was left for a midnight snack?
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5 people divide four pizzas equally. How much pizza does each person get?
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To find out what fraction of a pizza was left for a midnight snack, we need to calculate the total fraction of pizza that was eaten.
Dad ate 3/4 of a pizza
Jenny ate 1/8 of a pizza
Danny ate 1/4 of a pizza
Mom ate 1/2 of a pizza
To find the total fraction of pizza eaten, we add up these fractions:
3/4 + 1/8 + 1/4 + 1/2
To add fractions with different denominators, we need to find a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 8.
Rewriting the fractions with the common denominator, we have:
6/8 + 1/8 + 2/8 + 4/8
Adding these fractions together, we get:
13/8
However, since we are calculating what fraction of pizza was left, we subtract the total fraction of pizza eaten from 1 (a whole pizza):
1 - 13/8 = 8/8 - 13/8 = -5/8
Therefore, there were -5/8 (or a negative fraction, which doesn't make sense) left for a midnight snack. So, it seems like there wasn't enough pizza for a midnight snack.