18 minutes as a decimal

Answer

18 minutes as a decimal of an hour can be written as 0.3.

Explanation

To convert 18 minutes to a decimal, we will use the conversion of minutes to hours. There are 60 minutes in an hour. Thus, to find the decimal representation of 18 minutes, we divide 18 by 60. Let's see the step-by-step breakdown of the process:

Step 1: Identify the total minutes (18) which will be divided by the number of minutes in an hour (60).

Step 2: Perform the division: 18 ÷ 60 = 0.3.

Step 3: The quotient, 0.3, is the decimal representation of 18 minutes as a part of an hour.

This process gives us the decimal representation of 18 minutes as 0.3.

• Minute: 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.
   
• Division: A mathematical operation where a number is divided into equal parts.
   
• Hour: A unit of time equal to 60 minutes.
   
• Quotient: The result obtained by dividing one number by another.