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Jack spent of 1/3 her money on a pack of pens 1/2 of her money on a pack of markers and 1/8 of her money on a pack of pencils. what fractions of her money is left. |
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Answer» The fraction of the amount of money that Jing had left is The fraction of the amount of money Jing spent on the PACK of pens = The fraction of the amount of money she spent on a pack of marker = The fraction of the amount of money she spent on a pack of pencils = The fraction of the money left = 1 Further Explanation One way to determine the total fraction of the amount of money she spent = the fraction of the money left - the fraction of the amount she spent on pack of pens + fraction of the amount spent on marker + fraction of the money she spent on pencils Firstly, WITHOUT the fraction of the money left, we have: = + + = + + , it ALSO the same as = (8+12+3) / 24 (24 is the lowest common denominator) = Since the fraction of the money left = 1 Therefore we have: = 1 – = (24 x 1) – (23 x 1) / 24 (24 is the smallest number that can divide the denominators) Therefore we have: = 24 – 23 / 24 = . Therefore the fraction of the amount that Jing has left is . Notably, we solve this question using the BODMAS rule. |
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