4.2 million babies are born in the US each year, this is equivalent to how many births per minute

Question

rounded to the nearest hundreth

Answer 1

The first question we need to answer is how many minutes are in one year?

 

1 yr = 365 days

 

1 day = 24 hr

 

1 hr = 60 min.

 

So, 1 day = 24 * 60 = 1440 min. and

 

365 days = 365 * 1440 min.

 

Once you find the product of 365 * 1440, divide 4.2 million by that product.

 

You may find it easier to use scientific notation. Note that 4.2 million = 4.2 x 10⁶

 

You can also write the product of 365 * 1440 in scientific notation and then perform the division.

 

 

Answer 2

4200000 / 365 day / 24 hours / 60 minutes = 7.99...  About 8 babies / min