Need help w/ "Maria Spends 2/3 of her allowance money on..."

[NeedHelp911]

This might be easy but i don't know what steps to do first! I need help with more than one question so pease stay for a while and please Help me! :?

1. Maria Spends 2/3 of her allowance money on comic. If her allowance money is $60, the money she spends on comics is ?

 

[tkhunny]

The very first thing to do is to rephrase so that it makes sense to you.

Maybe...

What is 2/3 of $60?

(2/3)*$60 = $40