Question

Anna earned $72. She gives her mother 1/3 of this amount and spends 1/4 of the money on going out. What fraction of the $72 is left?

Answer 1

It is given in the Question that, Anna earned $ 72.

And out of $ 72, she gave 1/3 to her mother.

And 1/3 rd of 72 = $24.

So she gave $24 to her mother. Therefore remaining amount is

$72-24= 48$

And out of 48, she spent 1/4 on going out. And 1/4 of 48 is

$\frac{1}{4} *48 = 12$

So remaining amount is

$48-12= 36$

We have to find 36 is what fraction of 72, and it is

$\frac{36}{72} = \frac{1}{2}$

Answer 2

1/3 of 72 is 24 subtract 24 from 72 and get 48 and 1/4 of 48 is 12 so you subtract 12 from 48 and get 36 there for you have 36 dollars left over