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55 minutes as a Decimal

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Converting time to a decimal is a straightforward task. To begin, we must understand the relationship between minutes and hours. An hour is divided into 60 minutes. A decimal is a way to represent a number that is not whole, using 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.

55 minutes as a Decimal for Singaporean Students
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What is 55 minutes as a decimal?

55 minutes as a decimal

 

Answer

 

55 minutes as a decimal of an hour can be written as 0.9167. It is a terminating decimal, showing that it ends after a few decimal places.

 

Explanation

 

To convert 55 minutes into a decimal, we divide 55 by 60 because there are 60 minutes in an hour. This gives us 0.9167. Let's see the step-by-step breakdown of the process:

 

Step 1: Identify the total number of minutes to be converted (55) and the total number of minutes in an hour (60).

 

Step 2: Divide 55 by 60 to convert minutes to a fraction of an hour.

 

Step 3: Calculate 55 ÷ 60 = 0.9167.

 

This means 55 minutes is 0.9167 of an hour.

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Important Glossaries for 55 minutes as a decimal

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

 

  • Terminating Decimal: A decimal that ends and does not repeat infinitely.

 

  • Conversion: The process of changing a number from one form to another, such as from minutes to hours in decimal form.
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