Answer:
8 7/15 hours or 8 hours 28 minutes
Explanation:
Add 5 4/5 to 2 2/3 to get total time traveled
One way(but not the only way is to convert all the numbers to minutes, add them then convert back to hours)
There are 60 minutes to an hour
- Convert 5 4/5 hours to minutes:
So 5 hours = 5 x 60 = 300 minutes
4/5 hour = 4/5 x 60 = 48 minutes
5 4/5 hours = 300 + 48 = 348 minutes
- Convert 2 2/3 hours to minutes
2 hours = 2 x 60 = 120 minutes
2/3 hour = 2/3 x 60 = 40 minutes
2 2/3 hours = 120 + 40 = 160 minutes
- Add the two times to get total traveled in minutes:
348 + 240 = 508 minutes
- Convert 508 minutes back to hours:
Find quotient and remainder when dividing 588 by 60
60 goes into 508 8 times => 60 x 8 = 480 so 8 is quotient
Remainder = 508 - 480 = 28
- So total travel time is 8 hours and 28 minutes, which if you want as a fraction is 8 28/60 hours
28/60 = 7/15
So total travel time = 8 7/15 though I prefer hours minutes
- Answer:
8 7/15 hours or 8 hours 28 minutes