Question

What fraction of an hour is 56 minutes?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer 1

`(14)/(15)`

Explanation:

There are 60 minutes in an hour, thus

56 minutes =
`(56)/(60)` of an hour

To simplify divide 56 and 60 by 4

56 minutes =
`(14)/(15)` ← in simplest form