Question

Max wants to watch a new movie that is 3 hours long. He has watched 1/6 of the movie so far. What fraction of one hour did Max spend watching the new movie?

Answer 1

According to the information given in the exercise, the movie is 3 hours long. and he has watched this part of it:

`(1)/(6)`

Then, in order to find what fraction of one hour he spent watching that movie, you need to remember the following:

-A fraction has this form:

`(a)/(b)`

Where "a" is the numerator and "b" is the denominator.

- To multiply fractions the procedure is:

`(a)/(b)\cdot(c)/(d)=(ac)/(bd)`

Then, knowing the above, you can rewrite 3 hours as following:

`3hr=(3)/(1)hr`

And multiplying it by the fraction of the movie he has watched, you get:

`((3)/(1))((1)/(6)movie)=(1)/(2)movie`

Then:

`(1)/(2)movie=30\min`

Since he has watched 30 minutes of the movie and knowing that 1 hour has 60 minutes, you can determine that:

`30\min =(1)/(2)hr`

Therefore, the answer is:

`(1)/(2)hr`