Simple but hard math/time question??? please help?

Question

ok i am doing a math problem....and if 1 hour is one, what is 12 minutes? i know its not .12 becuase that would mean there was 100 minutes.. right? so what would 12 minutes be?? i think 15 minutes is .15? please help...

Answer 1

It's been a long time since I did maths. If 1 is equal to 60 minutes (I hour) then 12 minutes is 0.2 or 20% (12/60 X 100). Does that seem right?

Answer 2

How many 12 minutes are in one hour?

12*5 = 60, so there are 5 lots of 12 in one hour.

Therefore 12 minutes is 1/5 of an hour, or 0.2 hours.

(12/60 = 0.2  -that would be the quick way to find it)