Helen spent $27 on a windbreaker. She spent ⁴₁₁ of her remaining money on a dress and a jacket, after which half her money was left.

1. What fraction of her money did she spend on the windbreaker?
2. The cost of the jacket is ¹₅ the cost of the dress. How much more does the dress cost than the jacket?

Windbreaker	Remaining amount
	Dress	Jacket	Left
$27	4		7
1x7			1x7
3 u	4 u		7 u

(a)
The amount of money left is repeated. Make the numerators the same LCM of 1 and 7 is 7. 

1x72x7 of total money = 711 of remaining amount
714 of total money = 711 of remaining amount

Fraction of her money that she spent on the windbreaker
= ^Windbreaker_Total 
= ³₁₄ 

(b)
Cost of the windbreaker = 3 u

3 u = 27

1 u = 27 ÷ 3 = 9

Cost of the dress and the jacket
= 4 u
= 4 x 9
= $36

Cost of the jacket = 1 p
Cost of the dress = 5 p

Total cost of the jacket and the dress 
= 1 p + 5 p
= 6 p

6 p = 36

1 p = 36 ÷ 6 = 6

Amount that the dress was more than the jacket
= 5 p - 1 p
= 4 p
= 4 x 6
= $24

Answer(s): (a) ³₁₄; (b) $24