Two fifths of a minute is what percent of a minute

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Two fifths of a minute is what percent of a minute

Partial days.

To convert service time to the decimal part of a day.
Use this drop-down form, OR the table below.

Note: If the "From" date and "To" date are the same, enter any partial percent ONLY in the "% First" box. Leave the "% Last" box blank. Below are the work day percentages in table format. The table shows the same information as the form above.

This is used to complete the % First and/or % Last columns for periods starting and/or ending on a partial work day. Percentages are based on an 8 hour work day. Always round time UP to the next 5 minute interval.


Time Worked Percent of 8 hours Hrs Min 0 5 = 0.01 or 1 % 0 10 = 0.02 or 2 % 0 15 = 0.03 or 3 % 0 20 = 0.04 or 4 % 0 25 = 0.05 or 5 % 0 30 = 0.06 or 6 % 0 35 = 0.07 or 7 % 0 40 = 0.08 or 8 % 0 45 = 0.09 or 9 % 0 50 = 0.10 or 10 % 0 55 = 0.11 or 11 % Hrs Min ---------------- Top Close 1 0 = 0.13 or 13 % 1 5 = 0.14 or 14 % 1 10 = 0.15 or 15 % 1 15 = 0.16 or 16 % 1 20 = 0.17 or 17 % 1 25 = 0.18 or 18 % 1 30 = 0.19 or 19 % 1 35 = 0.20 or 20 % 1 40 = 0.21 or 21 % 1 45 = 0.22 or 22 % 1 50 = 0.23 or 23 % 1 55 = 0.24 or 24 % Hrs Min ---------------- Top Close 2 0 = 0.25 or 25 % 2 5 = 0.26 or 26 % 2 10 = 0.27 or 27 % 2 15 = 0.28 or 28 % 2 20 = 0.29 or 29 % 2 25 = 0.30 or 30 % 2 30 = 0.31 or 31 % 2 35 = 0.32 or 32 % 2 40 = 0.33 or 33 % 2 45 = 0.34 or 34 % 2 50 = 0.35 or 35 % 2 55 = 0.36 or 36 % Hrs Min ---------------- Top Close 3 0 = 0.38 or 38 % 3 5 = 0.39 or 39 % 3 10 = 0.40 or 40 % 3 15 = 0.41 or 41 % 3 20 = 0.42 or 42 % 3 25 = 0.43 or 43 % 3 30 = 0.44 or 44 % 3 35 = 0.45 or 45 % 3 40 = 0.46 or 46 % 3 45 = 0.47 or 47 % 3 50 = 0.48 or 48 % 3 55 = 0.49 or 49 % Hrs Min ---------------- Top Close 4 0 = 0.50 or 50 % 4 5 = 0.51 or 51 % 4 10 = 0.52 or 52 % 4 15 = 0.53 or 53 % 4 20 = 0.54 or 54 % 4 25 = 0.55 or 55 % 4 30 = 0.56 or 56 % 4 35 = 0.57 or 57 % 4 40 = 0.58 or 58 % 4 45 = 0.59 or 59 % 4 50 = 0.60 or 60 % 4 55 = 0.61 or 61 % Hrs Min ---------------- Top Close 5 0 = 0.63 or 63 % 5 5 = 0.64 or 64 % 5 10 = 0.65 or 65 % 5 15 = 0.66 or 66 % 5 20 = 0.67 or 67 % 5 25 = 0.68 or 68 % 5 30 = 0.69 or 69 % 5 35 = 0.70 or 70 % 5 40 = 0.71 or 71 % 5 45 = 0.72 or 72 % 5 50 = 0.73 or 73 % 5 55 = 0.74 or 74 % Hrs Min ---------------- Top Close 6 0 = 0.75 or 75 % 6 5 = 0.76 or 76 % 6 10 = 0.77 or 77 % 6 15 = 0.78 or 78 % 6 20 = 0.79 or 79 % 6 25 = 0.80 or 80 % 6 30 = 0.81 or 81 % 6 35 = 0.82 or 82 % 6 40 = 0.83 or 83 % 6 45 = 0.84 or 84 % 6 50 = 0.85 or 85 % 6 55 = 0.86 or 86 % Hrs Min ---------------- Top Close 7 0 = 0.88 or 88 % 7 5 = 0.89 or 89 % 7 10 = 0.90 or 90 % 7 15 = 0.91 or 91 % 7 20 = 0.92 or 92 % 7 25 = 0.93 or 93 % 7 30 = 0.94 or 94 % 7 35 = 0.95 or 95 % 7 40 = 0.96 or 96 % 7 45 = 0.97 or 97 % 7 50 = 0.98 or 98 % 7 55 = 0.99 or 99 % 8 0 = 1.00 or 100 %

It's very common when learning about fractions to want to know how convert a fraction like 2/5 into a percentage. In this step-by-step guide, we'll show you how to turn any fraction into a percentage really easily. Let's take a look!

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Before we get started in the fraction to percentage conversion, let's go over some very quick fraction basics. Remember that a numerator is the number above the fraction line, and the denominator is the number below the fraction line. We'll use this later in the tutorial.

When we are using percentages, what we are really saying is that the percentage is a fraction of 100. "Percent" means per hundred, and so 50% is the same as saying 50/100 or 5/10 in fraction form.

So, since our denominator in 2/5 is 5, we could adjust the fraction to make the denominator 100. To do that, we divide 100 by the denominator:

100 ÷ 5 = 20

Once we have that, we can multiple both the numerator and denominator by this multiple:

2 x 20 / 5 x 20 = 40 / 100

Now we can see that our fraction is 40/100, which means that 2/5 as a percentage is 40%.

We can also work this out in a simpler way by first converting the fraction 2/5 to a decimal. To do that, we simply divide the numerator by the denominator:

2/5 = 0.4

Once we have the answer to that division, we can multiply the answer by 100 to make it a percentage:

0.4 x 100 = 40%

And there you have it! Two different ways to convert 2/5 to a percentage. Both are pretty straightforward and easy to do, but I personally prefer the convert to decimal method as it takes less steps.

I've seen a lot of students get confused whenever a question comes up about converting a fraction to a percentage, but if you follow the steps laid out here it should be simple. That said, you may still need a calculator for more complicated fractions (and you can always use our calculator in the form below).

If you want to practice, grab yourself a pen, a pad, and a calculator and try to convert a few fractions to a percentage yourself.

Hopefully this tutorial has helped you to understand how to convert a fraction to a percentage. You can now go forth and convert fractions to percentages as much as your little heart desires!

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Two fifths of a minute is what percent of a minute

Updated December 22, 2020

By Lisa Maloney

When it comes to comparing portions of a whole, the percentage is a universal, easy-to-understand measure that puts everything into perspective. So if, for example, you want to know how much time out of the day you spend studying versus how long you spend playing video games, you could convert the minutes of both study and play into percentages.

To convert minutes into percentages, divide the measured number of minutes by the "total" minutes possible:

minutes ÷ total minutes = percentage

If you want to calculate the percentage of anything at all, you divide the measured portion by the total quantity from which that portion is taken. There's just one catch: Both the measured portion and the total quantity must be in the same unit.

Example 1:​ Imagine that you spent 45 minutes of a two-hour study period secretly playing video games. What percentage of the study period did you spend on the games?

Your first step is to convert the "total quantity" – in this case, two hours – into minutes. There are 60 minutes in an hour, so during that two-hour period there were 60 × 2 = 120 minutes available to you.

Now that both your time spent playing and the total time available are in the same unit, all you have to do is divide the time spent playing (45 minutes) by the total time (120 minutes):

\frac{45}{120} = 0.375

The result is a percentage, but it's written in decimal form. To write your answer in percentage form, multiply the decimal by 100:

0.375 × 100 = 37.5\%

So you spent 37.5% of your study time playing games.

Tips

  • Did you notice that multiplying by 100 is the same as moving the decimal point two places to the right? This shortcut comes in very handy with percentage problems.

What about converting minutes into a percentage out of a longer span? Let's take those 45 minutes of time spent on video games and see what percentage of your total day they represent.

As before, your first step is to convert your total quantity – in this case, the total time in a day – into minutes. There are 24 hours in a day, and each one of those hours is 60 minutes long. So your day is:

24 × 60 = 1440 \text{ minutes long}

Now you're ready to divide your observed time or partial quantity (in this case, 45 minutes) by the whole, which gives you the following percentage in decimal form:

\frac{45}{1440} = 0.03125

To convert that decimal into percentage form, multiply it by 100:

0.03125 × 100 = 3.125\%

So in all, you spent 3.125% of that day playing video games.

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  • You may have noticed that you can always plug your data into an online time percentage calculator (see Resources) and get an answer that way. But knowing how to do your own percentage calculations will be very important in future math classes, and your teacher probably won't let you go online to use calculators then.

    Also, percentages are one of the math skills that you're most likely to find yourself using in real life. For example, you might walk up to a sale rack and see clothes that are on sale for 30% off the last marked price. The more you practice working with percentages now, the easier it'll be to calculate that sort of thing on the fly.