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33 minutes as a Decimal

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This is a simple question on converting minutes to a decimal. To understand this, we need to know the relationship between minutes and hours. There are 60 minutes in an hour. To convert minutes to a decimal of an hour, you divide the number of minutes by 60. This shows us how much of an hour is represented by those minutes. A decimal is a way to represent numbers that are not whole, using a (.) or a decimal point to separate the whole part from the fractional part. The numbers to the left of the decimal point represent the whole, and those to the right represent the fractional part.

33 minutes as a Decimal for Canadian Students
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What is 33 minutes as a decimal?

33 minutes as a decimal

 

Answer

 

33 minutes can be written as 0.55 in decimal form.

 

Explanation

 

To convert 33 minutes to a decimal, we divide by 60, since there are 60 minutes in an hour. Let's see the step-by-step breakdown of the process:

 

Step 1: Identify the number of minutes, which is 33.

 

Step 2: Divide 33 by 60, since 60 minutes make up a whole hour.

 

Step 3: Perform the division: 33 ÷ 60 = 0.55. The division process shows us that 33 minutes is 0.55 of an hour when expressed as a decimal.

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Important Glossaries for 33 minutes as a decimal

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

 

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

 

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

 

  • Division: The process of determining how many times one number is contained within another.

 

  • Conversion: The process of changing a number or expression from one form to another, such as minutes to a decimal of an hour.
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