Cathy has a salary of $1,500 per month and she divides her income in the following way:

expense

amount of money
savings $475
car payment and insurance $425
phone and internet $175
food $250
clothes $75
misc. $100

which statement is true?

cathy spends 50% of her salary on savings and car payment and insurance combined.
cathy spends 10% of her salary on phone and internet.
cathy spends 5% of her salary on clothes.
cathy spends 15% of her salary on food.

Mickey needs to cut pieces of ribbon that are each 1 meter long tie onto balloons. if he has 8 pieces of ribbon that are each 1 dekameter long. how many 1 meter pieces of ribbon can he cut

Dexter read 11 science fiction books and 5 history books. lena read 9 science fiction books and 4 history books. compare the students’ ratios of science fiction books to history books. 1. determine the ratios’ form:    science fiction books to history books 2. write the ratios as fractions:    dexter: 115; lena: 94 3. rewrite with a common denominator. 4. compare. 5. answer the question. determine which shows the correct comparison of the ratios for this problem.

Explain why the factor 1.5 is broke. into two numbers in the model.