Question

roger is a MIG welder in a factory. He normally works a five-day week. Each day he starts to work at 7:30 a.m and finishes at 5:45 p.m. He is allowed a 50 minute lunch break and a 20 minute break mid-morning and mid-afternoon. How long does he actually work each working day?

Answer 1

Roger works 8 hours and 45 minutes every day

Answer 2

There are 10 hours and 15 minutes between 7:30AM and 5:45PM.

Since Roger gets a 50 minute lunch break and two 20 minute breaks, we can add all of the breaks together and subtract the total break time from his work time.


`50 + 2(20) = 50 + 40 = 90`

Convert 10 hours, 15 minutes into minutes. There are 60 minutes in an hour.


`10(60) + 15 = 600 + 15 = 615`

Subtract the total break time from the total minutes during Roger's work day.


`615 - 90 = 525`

Convert this number into hours and minutes.
`525 / 60 = 8 R45`

R45 represents the minutes.

Roger works 8 hours and 45 minutes every work day.