Question

Rozene started work at 1 p.m. She worked for 4 1/4 hours,and arrived home 1/2 an hour later. What time did she come home?

Answer 1

5:45pm

Explanation:

If Rozene started working at 1pm, we can count the whole numbers in this problem. (in this case, 4) If we count from 1pm, it will land on 5pm. After this part, we know that 1/2 an hour is 30mins, because 1 hour is 60 mins and half of 60 is 30. (60/2=30)

5pm + 30mins = 5:30pm

1/4 hour is a quarter amount of time. If we split the clock into 4 parts, each part is a quarter. (aka 1/4) So 5:30 + 25mins = 5:45pm.

Hope this helps. I might be incorrect but you can see if there are some errors. :-)