16 Minutes as a Decimal

Answer

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.

• 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.