Question

A proofreader read 195 pages in 7 days. To the nearest hundredth, what is her reading rate in pages per minute?

A: 0.02 pages/min
B: 0.46 pages/min
C: 1.16 pages/min
D: 27.86 pages/min

Answer 1

The answer is A

This is because 7 days is equivalent to 10080 minutes.

To get the number of pages read per minute, divide 195 by 10080 to get approximately 0.02

Answer 2

1 day = 24 hours.

7 days x 24 hours per day = 168 hours

1 hour = 60 minutes.

168 hours x 60 minutes per hour = 10,080 total minutes.

195 pages / 10,080 minutes = 0.019 = 0.02 pages/min.

The answer is A.