This topic describes how to use the Fraction Creator
to turn time expressed as hours, minutes and seconds into a length of time
expressed as a decimal.
Before you begin, if you cannot see
the
Fraction Creator pane and the
Fraction Converter pane, you have ticked
Hide Fraction Section. Select
. The tick next to
Hide Fraction Section disappears, and the
Fraction Converter pane and
Fraction Creator pane appear.
It is tricky to convert normal time into decimal
time. This procedure explains how to use the Fraction
Creator to calculate what fraction of time is expressed in time
written in hours, minutes and seconds. The fraction that you create is
expressed as a decimal, and the decimal can be expressed in hours or
minutes.
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In the Fraction Creator pane, type the time
you want to convert in the Hrs,
Min and Sec
fields.
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Do one of the following:
- To calculate a fraction in hours, select
Hrs below the Fraction
Creator result field.
- To calculate a fraction in minutes, select
Min below the Fraction
Creator result field.
- To calculate a fraction in seconds, select
Sec below the Fraction
Creator result field.
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Click Convert.
The fraction you calculated appears in the Fraction
Creator result field.
For example, to turn 2 hours 35 min 16 sec into a fraction
expressed in hours, in the Fraction Creator pane type
2 in the Hrs field,
35 in the Min field and
16 in the Sec field. Select
Hrs below the Fraction
Creator result field, and click
Convert. The result of
2.5877777 appears in the Fraction
Creator result field.