how many minutes is 40% of one hour?
So if you're look for 40% of 60 minutes, 60 is your 100%.
40%=.40 since 1=100 when percentages are writen as decimals.
It should be as simple as 60*.4 which =24, so 24 minutes is your answer.
Does that make sense?
24 minutes
40% of 60 minutes
is
40/100*60 minutes