Question

Express 10 months as a fraction of one year.

Answer 1

Hint: To solve the question we calculate the number of months in one year. Then we derive a relation between 10 months and one year to determine the answer.

Complete step-by-step answer:

There are 12 months in a year.
⟹One month = $\dfrac{1}{{12}}$year
⟹10 months = $\dfrac{{10{\text{ }} \times {\text{ 1}}}}{{12}}$=$\dfrac{{10}}{{12}}$year.
                         = $\dfrac{5}{6}$year.
Hence, 10 months is equal to$\dfrac{5}{6}$year.

Note: In order to solve this type of question the key is to identify the number of months in a year. Therefore we calculate how much part of one year is 10 months.