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The Problem:
What is 36 minutes as a fraction of an hour?
The Process:
This time we will complete how to express minutes as a fraction of an hour.
We already know that one hour is 60 minutes, or there are 60 minutes in an hour.
[tex]\boxed{ \ 1 \ hour = 60 \ minutes \ }[/tex]
Or it can also be written as follows:
[tex]\boxed{ \ 60 \ minutes = 1 \ hour \ }[/tex]
To express the number of minutes as a fraction of an hour, we place the number of minutes above 60 and simplify. In other words, we divide the number of minutes by 60.
[tex]\boxed{ \ \frac{36}{60} = \ ? \ of \ an \ hour \ \ }[/tex]
Divide both 36 and 60 by 12, since HCF (highest common factor) is 12.
[tex]\boxed{ \ = \frac{36 \div 12}{60 \div 12} \ }[/tex]
[tex]\boxed{\boxed{ \ = \frac{3}{5} \ }}[/tex]
Thus, 36 minutes is [tex]\frac{3}{5}[/tex] of an hour.
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