-- One hour = 60 minutes.
-- A fraction of an hour is the same fraction of 60 minutes.
-- To convert a fraction of an hour to minutes, multiply the fraction by 60 minutes.
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50 minutes out of 60 minutes would be 5/6 of an hour.
To work this out, you first have to convert the hour into minutes so we have consistent units. There are 60 minutes in an hour. So the question can be states as "what fraction of 60 minutes is 10 minutes." This is 10/60. That can then be simplified to 1/6
40 minutes is 2/3 of an hour, or 0.66 of it. Divide any number of minutes by 60 to find the fraction of an hour.
Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, we know there will be less than 1 hour in the answer. The correct answer will be a fraction. To find the answer, first convert your hour to minutes. 1 hour = 60 minutes Second, divide the minutes you started with (54) by the hour (60). You will arrive at an answer of 0.9, or converted to a fraction, 9/10 of an hour.
A fraction is an arithmetic quantity. Minutes are lengths of time, or sizes of angles. These are not equatable. To convert fractions of an hour to minutes of time multiply by 60. To convert fractions of a day to minutes multiply by 24x60. To convert degrees (of angle) to minutes multiply by 60.