SOLUTION: A group of boys ordered several pizzas for the weekend. When the first evening was over, the following amounts of pizza were left over: 1/4 of the pepperoni pizza, 1/2 of the chees

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Question 1131301: A group of boys ordered several pizzas for the weekend. When the first evening was over, the following amounts of pizza were left over: 1/4 of the pepperoni pizza, 1/2 of the cheese pizza, 3/4 of the mushroom pizza and 1/2 of the supreme pizza. The next morning, each boy ate 1/4 of a pizza for breakfast. If they finished the pizza, how many boys were there?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of boys




There were 8 boys

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