Helen spent $35 on a blouse. She spent ³₁₁ of her remaining money on a blazer and a jacket, after which half her money was left.

1. What fraction of her money did she spend on the blouse?
2. The cost of the jacket is ¹₆ the cost of the blazer. How much more does the blazer cost than the jacket?

Blouse	Remaining amount
	Blazer	Jacket	Left
$35	3		8
1x8			1x8
5 u	3 u		8 u

(a)
The amount of money left is repeated. Make the numerators the same LCM of 1 and 8 is 8. 

1x82x8 of total money = 811 of remaining amount
816 of total money = 811 of remaining amount

Fraction of her money that she spent on the blouse
= ^Blouse_Total 
= ⁵₁₆ 

(b)
Cost of the blouse = 5 u

5 u = 35

1 u = 35 ÷ 5 = 7

Cost of the blazer and the jacket
= 3 u
= 3 x 7
= $21

Cost of the jacket = 1 p
Cost of the blazer = 6 p

Total cost of the jacket and the blazer 
= 1 p + 6 p
= 7 p

7 p = 21

1 p = 21 ÷ 7 = 3

Amount that the blazer was more than the jacket
= 6 p - 1 p
= 5 p
= 5 x 3
= $15

Answer(s): (a) ⁵₁₆; (b) $15