Question

How many hours are there in $180$ minutes? (one hour is equal to 60 mins)

• A. $2$
• B. $3$
• C. $4$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $3$

Total number of minutes $=180$
There are $60$ minutes in an hour.

Number of hours in $180$ minutes = $\frac{\text{total number of minutes}}{60}$ = $\frac{180}{60}$.

Solving by repeated subtraction method:

Steps	Dividend	Divisor	Operation
1	180	60	180-60=120
2	120	60	120-60=60
3	60	60	60-60=0

Since we subtracted $3$ times to reach $0$
Therefore, there are $3$ hours in $180$ minutes.