Question

A school holds classes from 8:00 A.M to 2:00 P.M. For what percent of 24-hour day does this school hold classes?

Answer 1

25%

Explanation:

8:00-2:00=6 hours

6hr/24hr simplifies to 1/4 which is 25%

Answer 2

25%

Explanation:

So first we need to find out how many hours the school has class. Its 4 hours from 8 to noon, then another 2 from noon to 2. This means the school has class 6 hours a day.

Now we need to figure out the percent. we need to have hours of school over total hours or 6/24

6/24

we can simplify this by dividing both sides by 6

(6/6)/(24/6)=1/4

1/4 is 25%

The school holds class for 25% of the day