Julio ordered towo 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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Make both pizzas cut into 8 slices. Then make all fractions into eighths so Dad ate 3/4 or 6/8, Jenny ate 1/8, Danny ate1/4 or 2/8 and so on.

6/8 + 1/8 + 2/8 + Mom = ?/8

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It will be 13/8 = 1 5/8.
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