Question

Express your answer as a decimal (to the nearest hundredth).

What part of an hour is 20 minutes?
0.25
0 0.375
0.50
0.33

Answer 1

0.33

Explanation:

An hour is 60 minutes. 20 goes into 60 three times, so it is 1/3 of an hour or 0.333333333333, etc. As a percent, 20 minutes is 33.33%. Converted to a decimal, it is 0.33 or 1/3 of an hour