Question

A family spends 1⁄10 of its annual income for housing, 1⁄4 for food and clothing, 1⁄5 for general expenses, and 2⁄15 for entertainment. What fractional part of their income is spent on these items altogether? A. 6⁄41 B. 1⁄7 C. 11⁄12 D. 41⁄60

Answer 1

In order to make the whole problem easier, you would have to get all the numbers to have the same denominator which would be 60.

1/10 * 6 = 6/60
1/4 * 15 = 15/60
1/5 * 12 = 12/60
2/15 * 4 = 8/60

Now that all the numbers have the same denominator, you would add them to get 41/60.
In conclusion, the answer would be D.