Question

Howard is playing in a high school basketball game that is halfway through the

third quarter.
1) What fractional part of the game is left?
2) If there are 12 minutes of playing time left in the game, how many minutes
of playing time are there in the whole game?
(Please help me solve it)

Answer 1

96 minutes in the whole game or 1 hour and 36 minutes and 1/8 of the game is left.

Explanation:

So we know that there are 4 quarters in a game. So if they're halfway through the 3rd quarter with 12 minutes left in the game, that means half a quarter equals 12 minutes. That means a full quarter equals 24 minutes. Then we do 24 *4 which is 96. So there are 96 minutes in the whole game and there 1/8 of the game left since 96/8=12.

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