Question

You spend 1/5 of your income on car payment. You spend 3/8 of the remainder of your income on rent. What fraction of income is spent on rent?

Answer 1

3/10

Explanation:

1/5 of total income - spent on car

remainder income = 4/5

3/8 of remainder = 3/8 ×4/5 = 3/10(of total income spent on rent)

the word "of" means you can find it by multiplication

e.g. 2 of 1/2 means 2 × 1/2 which is 1