Question

3/8 of your income is spent on your monthly bills 2/5 is spent on food and clothing and 1/10 goes in entertainment your put the remainder of your monthly income into savings what fraction of your income is this

Answer 1

Answer:

  1/8

Step-by-step explanation:

The allocated amount is the sum of the given fractions:

  3/8 + 2/5 + 1/10

  = 3/8 + 4/10 + 1/10

  = 3/8 + 1/2

  = 7/8

So the remaining fraction is ...

  1 -7/8 = 1/8

The fraction of monthly income going to savings is 1/8.