My math homework question stated : Jaske completed a marathon race in 3 hours and 12 minutes. Write Jakes running time as a decimal. Am I correct. Thanks
Answer 3.12
No.
12 minutes out of 60 minutes = 12/60 = 0.2
3.2 = 3 hours and 12 minutes
I don’t get it
No, you are not correct. To write Jake's running time as a decimal, you need to convert the minutes to a decimal fraction of an hour. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, you divide the number of minutes by 60.
To find Jake's running time as a decimal, you need to add the hours and the converted minutes together. In this case, 3 hours + (12 minutes / 60 minutes) = 3.2 hours.
So the correct answer is 3.2, which represents Jake's running time as a decimal.