Assuming that you can type 40 words per minute, how many minutes will it take to type all 15 documents?

Question

As a typist for the chief of administration, you are required to type 15 documents. Each document is 12 pages long with 25 lines per page and 10 words per line. Assuming that you can type 40 words per minute, how many minutes will it take to type all 15 documents?

Answer 1

Find out how many total words there are in the documents.

 

-10 words per line times 25 lines per page equals 250 words per page.

-250 words per page times 12 pages per document equals 3,000 words per documen.

-3,000 words per document times 15 documents equals 45,000 words.

-45,000 words divided by 40 words per minute 1,125 minutes.