You spend 1/ 2 of your allowance on Monday. On Tuesday, you spend 1/ 2 of the amount you have left. On Wednesday, you spend half of what remains. What fraction of your allowance do you have left???????
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
You spend 1/ 2 of your allowance on Monday. On Tuesday, you spend 1/ 2 of the amount you have left. On Wednesday, you spend half of what remains.
Determine the fraction of your allowance left.
Solution:
To determine the fraction of your allowance left, we simply multiply ½ by ½ 3 times since we have 3 number of days.
= (½)(½)(½)
= 1/8
Final answer:
1/8 of your allowance is left.