Question

Nadia spent 1/4 of her money in skirts and 2/5 of her money in shoes how much of the fraction of her money she spent and how much of the fraction of her money she got?

Answer 1

Given:

Nadia spent 1/4 of her money in skirts and 2/5 of her money on shoes

So, total =

$\frac{1}{4}+\frac{2}{5}=?$

The Least common denominator of 4 and 5 = 20

So,

$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{4}=\frac{5}{20} \\ \frac{2}{5}=\frac{8}{20} \\ \\ \frac{1}{4}+\frac{2}{5}=\frac{5}{20}+\frac{8}{20}=\frac{13}{20} \end{gathered}$

So, she spent 13/20 of her money

The change will be =

$1-\frac{13}{20}=\frac{20}{20}-\frac{13}{20}=\frac{7}{20}$

So, she got 7/20 of her money.