It is 5/12 of a year
A benchmark fraction is one that you can remember easily. In the context of time (hours in a day, months in a year, inches in a foot) 5/12 is a convenient fraction.
It is: 10/12 = 5/6 simplified
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3/4 of a year There 12 months in a year. Here you are simply dividing 9 months by 12 months, which equals 9/12, which is the same thing as 3/4.
3/12 = 1/4
5/12
5/4 of a year.
15 months/half year = 15 months/6 months = 15/6 = 5/2
What is 4 months as a fraction of a year
To express 4 months as a fraction of a year, you need to consider that a year has 12 months. Therefore, 4 months is equivalent to 4/12 of a year. This fraction can be simplified to 1/3, which means that 4 months is 1/3 of a year.
A benchmark fraction is one that you can remember easily. In the context of time (hours in a day, months in a year, inches in a foot) 5/12 is a convenient fraction.
It is: 10/12 = 5/6 simplified
1 year = 12 months11 months is 11/12 fraction
There are 12 months in a year. Therefore, 6 months is half a year (1/2).
The answer would depend on what period of time you are wanting to express, but let us suppose, for example, the unit was years. You would write this as 15/12 of a year. You could then simplify this to 5/4 of a year or 1 1/4 years.
I guess you mean 9 months as a fraction of a year. 1 year = 12 months ⇒ 9 months = 9/12 of a year = 3/4 = 0.75
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