Math Word Problem

Question

The average American student spends almost 1500 hours per year watching television. To the nearest hundredth, how many minutes per day is this?

Answer 1

Hi Dylan, start by converting hours to minutes and divide the result by 365, days in a year.

 

Hours to minutes:

 

minutes = (minutes / hour) * (hours / 1)

 

minutes = 60/1 * 1500/1

 

minutes = 90000 in 1500 hours.

 

Calculate minutes per day:

 

minutes per day = 90000 / 365

 

minutes per day = 246.58, rounded to nearest hundredth.

 

An American student spends about 246.58 minutes watching television per day. 

 

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