There are 24 hours in a day. James sleeps 8 hours each night.

(Questions to answer)

A. 8 hours is what fraction of a day?

B. What fraction of a day does James sleep?

C. What fraction of a day does James not sleep?

Well, think of 24 as the denominator of the fraction, so James sleeps 8 hours of the whole 24 making it 8/24 (a) which can be simplified by finding a common factor between the two numbers: 8

making the fraction now 1/3 so James sleeps 1/3 of the day (b). Thinking about it this way, the only option for the fraction that he doesn't sleep is the other 2/3 of the day (c).