Question

Four students were scheduled to give book reports in 1 hour. After the first report, 2/3 hour remained. The next two reports took 1/6 hour and 1/4 hour. What fraction of the hour remained

Answer 1

1/6 = 10 mins
1/4 = 15 mins
2/3 = 4/6 = 40 minutes

just add those three numbers... the answer is actually 1 hr 5 minutes though
I'm not sure I completely understood your question

Answer 2

Total time to give a book Report =1 hour

Time left after giving first book report
`=\frac{2\text{hour}}{3}`

Time taken by students to give next two reports are
`\frac{1\text{hour}}{6},\text{and},\frac{1\text{hour}}{4}`

Time left after giving all these two Reports

`=(2)/(3)-(1)/(6)-(1)/(4)\\\\=(8-2-3)/(12)\\\\=\frac{1\text{hour}}{4}\\\\=(1)/(4) * 60\\\\=15 \text{minute}`