amy's dog sleeps for 12 hours each night. she wants to know what percent of the day he sleeps.

what fraction shows the number of hours amy's dog sleeps out of the total number of hours in the day? complete the fraction

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5 answers

12/24

Amy's dog sleeps for 12 hours out of the total 24 hours in a day. This can be written as the fraction 12/24.
which fraction shows the number of hours amy's dog sleeps for every 2 hours in the day? complete the fraction

12/24 = ?/2
12/24 = ?/2

To find the missing fraction, we need to simplify the fraction 12/24 by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 12:

12 ÷ 12 = 1
24 ÷ 12 = 2

So, the fraction is:
1/2

This means that for every 2 hours in the day, Amy's dog sleeps for 1 hour.
what percentage of the day did amy's dog sleep?

2% 5% 12% 50%
To find the percentage of the day that Amy's dog sleeps, we need to divide the number of hours the dog sleeps (12 hours) by the total number of hours in a day (24 hours) and then multiply by 100 to get the percentage.

(12 hours / 24 hours) x 100 = 50%

Therefore, Amy's dog sleeps for 50% of the day.

The correct percentage out of the options provided is 50%.