To find out what fraction of a day 6 hours represents, we need to understand how many hours are in a whole day. A full day has 24 hours. To express 6 hours as a fraction of a day, we can set up the fraction with 6 as the numerator (the part) and 24 as the denominator (the whole).
So, the fraction would be:
Fraction = \( \frac{6}{24} \)
Now, we can simplify this fraction. Both 6 and 24 can be divided by 6:
6 ÷ 6 = 1
24 ÷ 6 = 4
This gives us:
Fraction = \( \frac{1}{4} \)
Therefore, 6 hours is equal to one-fourth of a day. In other words, if you divide a day into four equal parts, 6 hours would make up one of those parts.