Write the following comparison as a ratio reduced to lowest term: 126 minutes to 4 hours

Question

it needs to be in fraction form

Answer 1

First you need a common unit for both measurements. Let's use minutes. Recall that 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 hour.

Then 4 hours = 240 minutes

The ratio can then be written as : 126 minutes

240 minutes

Since the greatest common factor of 126 and 240 is 6, you can divide both to write the fraction form in lowest terms:

126/ 6 = 21

240 /6 = 40

So the ratio on lowest terms would be: 21 minutes

40 minutes