Question

In a family’s monthly budget, 2/5 of the income is spend on housing and 1/5 of the income is spent on food. How would you determine how much of the budget is left to be spent on items other than housing or food

Answer 1

Answer:

2/5 is left

Step-by-step explanation:

Add the two you have so far together. 2/5+1/5=3/5

So 3/5 of your budget is used. 3/5 is a fraction, meaning that 5 is the whole.

Subtract 3 from 5 and you get 2. There are 2/5 left in the budget for everything else.