Question

The budget for carter museum's annual party is $10,000.food accounts for 1/2of the budget, beverages for 1/4,and decorations for 1/10 of the budget.the remainder is spent on staffing the party. how much money is spent on staffing ,the party?

Answer 1

So you are going to multiply the fractions by 10,000 to find the amount of money used on that item.

1/2 x 10,000 = 5,000   - FOOD 
1/4 x 10,000 = 2,500   - BEVERAGES
1/10 x 10,000 = 1,000  - DECORATIONS

5,000 + 2,500 + 1,000 = 8,500 

10,000 - 8,500 = MONEY SPENT ON STAFFING 
                          = 1,500