How to divide monthly expenses?

Bo Malicious

If my partner earns 1,600e per month.
And I earn 700e per month.
And our monthly rent is 375e.

What maths formula do we use to calculate how much we can both pay relative to our earnings?

This is probably really basic but its driving me mad - I dont know whether I should be using ratios/fractions or percentages.

Thanks in advance!

Catch_22

375 x (700 / ( 1600 + 700 ) ) = your share

375 x ( 1600 / ( 1600 + 700 ) ) = partners share

deadhead13

7/23 for you .... 16/23 for him/her.

Xiney

ratios, fractions and percentages are all pretty much the same thing, when you get down to it.


In any case, normal arithmetic is the way to go, as leeroybrown has demonstrated.

Xiney

deadhead13 wrote: »

7/16 for you - 9/16 for her.

I think you mean 7/23 for the op and 16/23 for the op's oh.

23 is a prime number, you can't reduce either fraction any more.

My name is URL

If you make him a sammich every day, your rent should drop accordingly, imo

Creamy Goodness

where are you renting for 375 a month? has to be the back arse of nowhere.

themadchef

/Checks to make sure i'm in AH.....The ugliest pays the most rent :pac:

Seriously i'm really bad at maths but, should it not be equal you are partners after all.

deadhead13

Xiney wrote: »

I think you mean 7/23 for the op and 16/23 for the op's oh.

23 is a prime number, you can't reduce either fraction any more.

Cheers, I realised it was wrong soon as i posted it.

Tigger

Bo Malicious wrote: »

If my partner earns 1,600e per month.
And I earn 700e per month.
And our monthly rent is 375e.

What maths formula do we use to calculate how much we can both pay relative to our earnings?

This is probably really basic but its driving me mad - I dont know whether I should be using ratios/fractions or percentages.

Thanks in advance!

half each ?

Catch_22 wrote: »

375 x (700 / ( 1600 + 700 ) ) = your share

375 x ( 1600 / ( 1600 + 700 ) ) = partners share

dosent take tax and the costs incured with gettig to and being at work

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

where are you renting for 375 a month? has to be the back arse of nowhere.

i pay €350 per month

nomorebadtown

Tigger wrote: »

i pay €350 per month

where?

Kinetic^

50 50. It's not like your partner takes up more space then you.

kowloon

Upward Spiral wrote: »

If you make him a sammich every day, your rent should drop accordingly, imo

I'll fetch my jump to conclusions mat.

Snowie

Catch_22 wrote: »

375 x (700 / ( 1600 + 700 ) ) = your share

375 x ( 1600 / ( 1600 + 700 ) ) = partners share

you gotta be one of these people who makes things really complicated

Hunchback

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

where are you renting for 375 a month? has to be the back arse of nowhere.

maybe they rent a double room within a five bedroom house or summink?

Xiney

basic algebra is complicated? wow.


And yeah, if the two of them were simply roommates, it would be a 50/50 split. However, if they are sharing finances, then it should be based on earnings and means.

gobo99

Bo Malicious wrote: »

If my partner earns 1,600e per month.
And I earn 700e per month.
And our monthly rent is 375e.

What maths formula do we use to calculate how much we can both pay relative to our earnings?

This is probably really basic but its driving me mad - I dont know whether I should be using ratios/fractions or percentages.

Thanks in advance!

your right it is fairly basic,
your one person and he's also one person. If you add them together that makes two people in total!
If you then divide the amount of persons you are (1), by the total number of people (2), you get the fraction that you should be paying. 1/2!!!

Snowie

Xiney wrote: »

basic algebra is complicated? wow.

well yeah, i allways found it hard but thats the way I am how ever, Im shore there's things that im good at and your not..

yellowcurl

All these numbers are making my eyes hurt

Ruu_Old

Have a game of knifey-spooney.

deco05ie

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

well yeah, i allways found it hard but thats the way I am how ever, Im shore there's things that im good at and your not..

sorry thats not good enough, maybe your argument would be better if he/she was a really good darts player and was mocking you for not being able to get a 180 but this is more like you not being able to drink out of a cup.

Professey Chin

Your services should be tax deductable.Start charging for them

Tigger

nomorebadtown wrote: »

where?

co sligo

op:

half each or you are being kept by your girlfriend
how come yopu only rearn 700 per month thats only 163 a week

Snowie

deco05ie wrote: »

sorry thats not good enough, maybe your argument would be better if he/she was a really good darts player and was mocking you for not being able to get a 180 but this is more like you not being able to drink out of a cup.

and what are you the Spanish inquisition of, algebra ?

dar83

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

well yeah, i allways found it hard but thats the way I am how ever, Im shore there's things that im good at and your not..

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

and what are you the Spanish inquisition of, algebra ?

So thats Maths and English down... How's your Geography? History maybe?

:P

jaffa20

Your partner pays 260.85 and you pay the rest. That's what i worked out. So long since my brain has that much action :P:P