Question

Jon estimates that there are 12 minutes of commercials for every 60 minutes that the super bowl is on television.Based on his estimate, how many minutes without commercials would there be in 3 1/4 hours of the super bowl ?

Answer 1

minutes without commercials.

3 hours = 180 minutes

each hour has 12 mintues of commercials = 36 minutes in 3 hours.

Remember that 1/4 = .25 or 25 minutes.

180 - 36 = 144

144 + 25 = 169.

169 minutes is your answer.