Question

Consuela and her three friends order 2 pizzas. Consuela cuts each pizza into 8 equal slices. She saves 2 slices of pizza for her older brother, Then she and her friends share the rest of the pizza, each eating the same number of slices. What fraction of the 2 pizzas is left over?

Answer 1

Let
x--------------> the number of slices eating by Consuela and her three friends

we know that
[total slices]=8*2=16 slices
[slices of pizza for her older brother]=2
x=16-2=14 slides
Consuela and her friends share the rest of the pizza, each eating the same number of slices---------> 14/4= 3.5 slides of pizza each (this part is not necessary, but it is shown in a didactic way)

the question is
What fraction of the 2 pizzas is left over?
[slices of pizza for her older brother]/[total slices]=2/16=1/8

the answer is (1/8)