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16 minutes as a decimal

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This is a simple question involving decimal conversion. Firstly, we need to understand time and decimal conversions. Time is often expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds, with 60 minutes in an hour. A decimal representation will express a portion of an hour as a number between whole hours. Decimals use a period (.) to separate the whole number part from the fractional part. The numbers to the left of the decimal point represent the whole hours, and those to the right represent the fractional part of the hour.

16 minutes as a decimal for Australian Students
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What is 16 minutes as a decimal?

16 minutes as a decimalAnswer

 

16 minutes as a decimal of an hour can be written as 0.2667.

 

Explanation

 

To convert 16 minutes into a decimal, we will use the following method:

 

Step 1: Understand that 1 hour equals 60 minutes.

 

Step 2: Divide the number of minutes (16) by the total minutes in an hour (60).

 

Step 3: Perform the division 16 ÷ 60 = 0.2667.

 

This calculation shows that 16 minutes is approximately 0.2667 of an hour.

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Important Glossaries for 16 minutes as a decimal

  • Decimal: A number that uses the base ten and includes a period to separate the whole part from the fractional part.
     
  • Hour: A unit of time equal to 60 minutes.
     
  • Minute: A unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour.
     
  • Fraction: A numerical quantity that is not a whole number, representing a part of a whole.
     
  • Division: A mathematical operation where a number is divided into equal parts.
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