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you spend 3 hours everyday practicing the piano what fraction of a day do you spend practicing the piano? give your answer in simplest form

 Feb 25, 2015

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Well, there are 24 hours in a day. If you spend 3 out of those 24 hours playing the piano, we can write that as a fraction:

$$\frac{3}{24}$$

Well, we can simplify that. Let's ask ourselves two questions: What are the factors of 24? Is 3 a factor of 24?

Well, here's some factors of 24:

1*24

2*12

3*8

4*6

Which one has 3? Right, 3*8! So, let's rewrite this equation to:

$$\frac{3/3}{24/3}$$ which becomes $$\frac{1}{8}$$ when solved.

So, the answer is 1/8 of the day.

 Feb 25, 2015
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Best Answer

Well, there are 24 hours in a day. If you spend 3 out of those 24 hours playing the piano, we can write that as a fraction:

$$\frac{3}{24}$$

Well, we can simplify that. Let's ask ourselves two questions: What are the factors of 24? Is 3 a factor of 24?

Well, here's some factors of 24:

1*24

2*12

3*8

4*6

Which one has 3? Right, 3*8! So, let's rewrite this equation to:

$$\frac{3/3}{24/3}$$ which becomes $$\frac{1}{8}$$ when solved.

So, the answer is 1/8 of the day.

ThisGuy Feb 25, 2015

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