Question

If you sleep 8 hours out of 24 hours, what percent of the time do you sleep?

Answer 1

Answer:

It is 8/24 = 1/3 (~33.33%)

Answer 2

Answer:

You would be sleeping 33.3% of the time.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, you would write the situation in the form of a proportion. Since your answer is supposed to be a percentage, you're going to have to use 100 (100%) as your numerator.

You would have this:

8         x

----  = ----

24     100

Then, you would cross multiply 8 and 100 and this would give you 800. Afterwards, you divide your product of 800 by 24 and it gives you 33.333... Therefore, you would be sleeping for 33.3% of the day