Tim spends about 1/3 of each weekday sleeping and about 7/24 of each weekday in school. What fraction of Tim spends about 1/3 of each weekday sleeping and

about 7/24 of each weekday in school. What fraction of weekday does Tim spend either sleeping or in school? weekday does Tim spend either sleeping or in school? Is this more or less than 1/2 a day? How much more or less?

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Mayra Gilmore

2 September, 19:14

Tim spends about 1/3 of each weekday sleeping and about 7/24 of each weekday in school. What fraction of Tim spends about 1/3 of each weekday sleeping and

about 7/24 of each weekday in school. What fraction of weekday does Tim spend either sleeping or in school? weekday does Tim spend either sleeping or in school? Is this more or less than 1/2 a day? How much more or less?

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Helen Moody · Answer 1

If Tim spends a third of each weekday sleeping, this means he spends 8/24 hours a day asleep. If he spends 7/24 hours of each weekday in school too, this means the combined time he spends sleeping and in school is 8/24 + 7/24, so he spends 15/24 hours each weekday sleeping in school (three more hours than half a day)