A girl spent 1/4 of her pocket money on Monday and 3/8 on Tuesday , What is the fraction of her pocket money is left
1 - 2/8 - 3/8 = 5/8
oops. 1 - 5/8 = 3/8
To find out what fraction of her pocket money is left, you need to subtract the fractions she spent from the whole amount.
First, let's determine the common denominator for 1/4 and 3/8. The smallest number that both 4 and 8 can divide evenly into is 8.
Next, we can convert 1/4 and 3/8 to have the same denominator of 8.
1/4 becomes 2/8 since multiplying the numerator and denominator by 2 gives us the equivalent fraction with denominator 8.
3/8 remains as 3/8.
Now we can subtract:
2/8 - 3/8 = -1/8
The result is negative, which implies that she spent more than she had.
Thus, after Monday and Tuesday, she overspent by 1/8 of her pocket money.