Jordan spent 5 hours over the weekend studying for 3 tests. He spent an equal amount of time studying for each test. How long did Jordan spend studying for each test?

Question

Jordan spent 5 hours over the weekend studying for 3 tests. He spent an equal amount of time studying for each test. How long did Jordan spend studying for each test?

Answer 1

If you do not convert the hours to minutes, your answer will result in a fraction. So, how you solve the problem depends on the units you are using to measure time.

Let's say they want you to provide the answer using hours as the units of measurement for time spent studying. You are equally dividing your 5 hours of time between the three tests. So, you would need to divide the total amount of time by the number of tests. This would give you a fraction larger than one, in which you could leave as the answer or convert it to a mixed number.

If you needed to convert the units to minutes for your answer, you would first need to find the total amount of minutes that is equal to 5 hours by multiplying your hours by 60, which is the number of minutes in an hour. Then, you would divide your total minutes by the number of tests.