Question

What fraction of an hour is $40$ minutes?

Answer 1

We have to find the fraction of $40$ minutes of an hour.

$1$ hour $=60$ minutes

$\therefore$ Fraction of $40$ minutes of an hour $=\frac{40\text{minutes}}{1\text{hour}}=\frac{40\text{minutes}}{60\text{minutes}}=\frac{40}{60}=\frac{2}{3}$