Video Transcript
Jacob turns one-third of a full
turn. How many degrees is this?
To answer this question, let’s
think about the phrase one-third of a full turn. If we write one-third, and we know
mathematically the word “of” means multiply, if Jacob turns one-third of a full
turn, then the key here is knowing how much a full turn is. We’re solving in degrees, which
means we want to know how many degrees is a full turn. If we think of one full rotation,
it will be 360 degrees. If one full turn is 360 degrees,
one-third of that will be the turn that Jacob made. One-third times 360 is 120
degrees. If we want to include this in the
image, this angle measures 120 degrees.
