(14 hr 3 min) divided by 3. how do i go about solving this

3 answers

you can convert the hours to minutes
14 X 60 = 840 then add the 3 minutes
840 +3 =- 843 then divide

843/3 = 281

then divide by 60 = 4 hours and 41 minutes
I'd convert it to minutes. 14x60=840 (plus the 3 minutes)=843minutes
Divide 843 by 3 = 281minutes
Then convert back to hours and minutes... 281 divided by 60 = 4hr (leave out the decimals since they represent the left over minutes)
4x60=240 (this is the time already accounted for by the hours..)
281-240=41 (this is how many minutes you had left over)
so... 4 hours and 41 minutes.
Unfortunately , the expression and measurement of time is not metric, so we have to make some changes.
(similar to the US method of working in miles, yards, feet and inches)

(14 hrs, 3 min)/3
= (13 hrs, 63 min)/3
= 4 1/3 hrs, 21 minutes
= 4 hrs, 20 min , 20 min
= 4 hrs and 41 minutes

or ...
change everything to minutes
= 843/3 minutes
= 281 minutes
= 4 hours, 41 minutes