Holly spent one third of her birthday money on new clothes she spent 3/10 of the clothes money on socks what fraction of her birthday money did she spend on socks?
(1/3) (3/10) = 3/30 = 1/10
To determine the fraction of Holly's birthday money spent on socks, we need to multiply the fraction of clothes money spent on socks with the fraction of birthday money spent on clothes.
Given that Holly spent one third (1/3) of her birthday money on new clothes, the fraction of her birthday money spent on clothes is 1/3.
We're then told that she spent 3/10 of the clothes money on socks. Multiplying these two fractions will give us the desired result.
(1/3) * (3/10) = 3/30 or simplified to 1/10.
Therefore, Holly spent 1/10 of her birthday money on socks.