Question

Determine the ratio and express the answer as a fraction in lowest terms: 5 hours to 250 minutes

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

no clue!

Answer 3

Can you compare apples to oranges?

Answer 4

One number, 5 is in hours; while the other number 250 is in minutes, right?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

Since you are asked in the question to "Determine the ratio" you should change one of them to match the others time unit, right?

Answer 7

... because you are asked to "express the answer as a fraction in lowest terms:" where you will be cancelling common factors from the numerator and denominator and you can't cancel an apple with an orange :)

Answer 8

Recall: 1 hour = 60 minutes

Answer 9

This can be written as (1 hour/60 minutes) or (60 minutes/1 hours) both ratios equal 1, right?