Question

You had 1/3 of your allowance left on Monday. On Tuesday, you spent 1/3 of that amount of money. On Wednesday, you spent 1/3 of what you spent on Tuesday. What fraction of your total allowance did you spend on Wednesday?

Answer 1

So 1/3 spent on mon so 2/3 left
on tue you spent 1/3 of 2/3 or 2/9
of wed you spent 1/3 of 2/9 or 2/27
you spent 2/27 of your allowance on wed