4/5
Well, sweetheart, 48 minutes is 48/60 of an hour, which simplifies to 4/5. So, if you want to know what fraction of 3 hours is 48 minutes, just multiply 3 by 4/5. That gives you 12/5 hours, which is 2 and 2/5 hours. Voilà!
The answer depends on the units used for 48. It should be blindingly obvious to anybody that the answer for 48 minutes and 48 days will be very different.
-- 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.
1 hour = 60 minutes so 1 hour and 48 minutes = 60 and 48 minutes = 108 minutes. Simple!
4/5
4/5
One hour consists of 60 minutes. Therefore, our fraction we need is 48/60.If we put 48/60 into a calculator, we obtain 0.8.0.8 as a fraction of 1 is 4/5. Thus, 48 minutes is 4/5 of 60.A good knowledge of the 12 times table removes the need for the calculator in thus example (12,24,36,48,60...).
Well, sweetheart, 48 minutes is 48/60 of an hour, which simplifies to 4/5. So, if you want to know what fraction of 3 hours is 48 minutes, just multiply 3 by 4/5. That gives you 12/5 hours, which is 2 and 2/5 hours. Voilà!
The answer depends on the units used for 48. It should be blindingly obvious to anybody that the answer for 48 minutes and 48 days will be very different.
-- 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.
1 hour = 60 minutes so 1 hour and 48 minutes = 60 and 48 minutes = 108 minutes. Simple!
4/5. 48 is 4x12. 60 minutes is 5x12. Therefore, (4x12)/(5x12)=4/5, or .8.
1 hour is 60 minutes. 0.8 of an hour is 48 minutes. 60 + 48 = 108 minutes.
An hour is 60 minutes long. .8 * 60 = 48 mins.
Fraction of one hour is 45 minutes is 0.750
0.8x60=48 0.8 of one hour is 48 minutes.