Question

What fraction of an hour is 5 minutes in its simplest form

Answer 1

I guess 1/12 is the ans

Answer 2

The simplest form is $\dfrac{1}{12}hour$.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have,

5 minutes

To find, the fraction of an hour is 5 minutes = ?

We know that,

1 hour = 60 minutes

⇒  60 minutes = 1 hour

⇒  1 minute = $\dfrac{1}{60}$ hour

∴ 5 minutes $= 5\times\dfrac{1}{60}$hour

$=\dfrac{1}{12}hour$

Hence, the simplest form is $\dfrac{1}{12}hour$.