If a teacher allows 5/6 of an hour to be spent on homework and she allow 1/3 of that time to be spent on math, how much time will be spent on math?
5/6 * 60 = 300/6 = 50 minutes
1/3 * 50 = 16.67 = about 17 minutes
About 17 minutes
To find how much time will be spent on math, we need to multiply the total time allowed for homework by the fraction of time allocated for math.
Given:
Total time allowed for homework = 5/6 of an hour
Fraction of time allocated for math = 1/3
To calculate the time spent on math, we multiply 5/6 by 1/3:
Time spent on math = (5/6) * (1/3)
To simplify the calculation, we can also cross-cancel the fractions:
Time spent on math = (5 * 1) / (6 * 3) = 5/18 of an hour
Therefore, the teacher will allow 5/18 of an hour to be spent on math.
To find out how much time will be spent on math, we can follow these steps:
Step 1: Determine the total amount of time allowed for homework.
The teacher allows 5/6 of an hour to be spent on homework. So, the total amount of time allowed for homework is 5/6 hours.
Step 2: Calculate the amount of time allowed for math.
The teacher allows 1/3 of the total time for math. To find out how much time this is, multiply the total time allowed for homework by 1/3.
(5/6) hours * (1/3) = (5/18) hours.
Therefore, 5/18 of an hour will be spent on math.