# Thread: to find the fraction

1. ## to find the fraction

Please anybody can help me to get solution.

Noel needed money to buy computer game and he get the money from his father, his older sister and the rest from his mother..

What fration of the money doed he get from his mother?

With many thanks
Pol

2. This seems like a somewhat strange question, as we are given no numbers.

Let f be the amount of money Noel gets from his father, let s be what he gets from his sister, and let m be the amount of money he gets from his mother. The the fraction of money he got from his mother is

$\frac{m}{f+s+m}$

3. Another way to do this: let c be the cost of the computer, f and s the money borrowed from his father and sister, respectively. Then the amount borrowed from his mother is c- f- s so the fraction is $\frac{c- f- s}{c}= 1- \frac{f}{c}- \frac{s}{c}$.

4. ## to get fraction

Sorry for incomplete question which was posted previously. Please go through the following question

Noel needed money to buy computer game and he get the money from his father, his older sister and the rest from his mother.He gets half the money from his father. a third from his sister and the rest from his mother.
What fration of the money doed he get from his mother?
With many thanks
Pol

5. Originally Posted by alanpaul
Sorry for incomplete question which was posted previously. Please go through the following question

Noel needed money to buy computer game and he get the money from his father, his older sister and the rest from his mother.He gets half the money from his father. a third from his sister and the rest from his mother.
What fration of the money doed he get from his mother?