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1 hour as a Decimal

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This is a simple question on converting time to a decimal format. Firstly, we need to understand how to represent time in decimals. Time is usually measured in hours, minutes, and seconds. One hour is the standard unit of time. When converting time to a decimal, the hour is the whole unit, and any minutes or seconds would be the fractional part, separated by a decimal point.

1 hour as a Decimal for Australian Students
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What is 1 hour as a decimal?

1 hour as a decimalAnswer

 

1 hour as a decimal is simply 1.0. This is because 1 hour is a whole unit and does not have any fractional part.

 

Explanation

 

To express 1 hour as a decimal, we note that it is a complete hour with no additional minutes or seconds. Therefore, it remains as 1.0 in decimal form. If we had, for instance, 1 hour and 30 minutes, we would convert the 30 minutes into a decimal by dividing it by 60 (since there are 60 minutes in an hour), resulting in 0.5. Therefore, 1 hour and 30 minutes would be expressed as 1.5 in decimal form.

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Important Glossaries for 1 hour as a decimal

  • Hour: A unit of time equal to 60 minutes.

 

  • Decimal: A number that uses the base ten and includes a decimal point to separate the whole part from the fractional part.

 

  • Minute: A unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour.

 

  • Fractional Part: The part of a decimal number that comes after the decimal point.

 

  • Decimal Conversion: The process of converting a number or time into its decimal form.
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