Question

What per cent of 1 day is 36 minutes?

• A. 25%
• B. 2.5%
• C. 3.6%
• D. 0.25%

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 2.5%

1 day = 24 × 60 = 1440 minutes

To find what percentage $36$ minutes (Part) is of $1440$ minutes (Whole), we use the formula:

$\text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{\text{Part}}{\text{Whole}}\right) \times 100$

$\text{percentage}=\frac{36}{1440}\times100$

$=2.5$