Question

4 Doug has been wondering where the 24 hours in a day goes. On Monday, he spent of the day sleeping, 3 of the day in school, and of the day at soccer practice. How much time was left for other activities?

Answer 1

Time left for other activities = 7/24 hours

Explanation:

The complete question is "Sam has been wondering where the 24 hours in a day goes. On Monday, he spent 1/3 of the day sleeping, 1/4 of the day in school, and 1/8 of the day at soccer practice. How much time was left for other activities?"

Spent 1/3 of the day sleeping,

Spent 1/4 of the day in school

Spent 1/8 of the day at soccer practice.

Time consumed for all these activities = (1/3+1/4+1/8)

Time consumed for all these activities = (8+6+3)/24

Time consumed for all these activities = 17/24

Time left for other activities = (1 - 17)/24

Time left for other activities = (24-17)/24

Time left for other activities = 7/24