Fractions and Decimals of An Hour
Fractions and Decimals of An Hour
Fractions and Decimals of An Hour
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Fractions and Decimals of an Hour
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We are learning to write fractions and decimals of hours as hours and
minutes. AM
AP
Exercise 1
Use the Number Wall to help find the number of minutes in each of the following
fractions of an hour. You may want to record these special fractions on a table in
your work book.
1 1 1
1) an hour (2) of an hour (3) of an hour
2 3 4
1 1
4) of an hour (5) of an hour
5 10
Complete these
1 1
6) an hour is of 60 minutes = F
2 2
1 1
7) of an hour is of 60 minutes = F
3 3
1 1
8) of an hour is of 60 minutes = F
4 4
1 1
9) of an hour is of 60 minutes = F
5 5
1 1
10) of an hour is of 60 minutes = F
10 10
Find how many minutes in the following fractions of an hour. You can use your answers
to the previous questions or the fraction wall to help work out the answers
2 3 2
11) of an hour (12) of an hour (13) of an hour
3 4 5
4 1 5
14) of an hour (15) of an hour (16) of an hour
5 6 6
3 7 2
17) of an hour (18) of an hour (19) of an hour
5 10 6
1 5 3
20) of an hour (21) of an hour (22) of an hour
12 12 10
1 2 2
23) 1 hours (24) 3 hours (25) 2 hours
4 5 3
Exercise 2
Find how many minutes in each of the following decimal fractions of an hour. Your
answers to Exercise 1 may be helpful in solving the questions in this exercise.
2
eg 0.2 of an hour is of an hour = 12 minutes (0.2 × 60)
10
1
1.25 hours is 1 hours = 1 hour 15 minutes (75 minutes )
4
1) 1.5 hours (2) 3.5 hours (3) 7.5 hours
Exercise 4
Answer True or False for each of the following
2
5) 2.5 hours = 150 minutes 6) 100 minutes = 1 hours
3
5 7
7) hour = 56 minutes 8) hour = 36 minutes
6 12
5
9) hour = 1 hour 15 minutes 10) 2.85 hours = 3 hours 15 minutes
4
Fractions and Decimals of an Hour
Answers
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
1) F (2) F (3) F (4) T (5) T
6) T (7) F (8) F (9) T (10) F