Question

Elsa ate lunch in 7 minutes. How many seconds is this?

Answer 1

Given: Elsa ate lunch in 7 minutes.

Required: To determine in how many seconds Elsa ate lunch.

Explanation: Since in 1 minute there are 60 seconds.

Hence to convert 7 minutes into seconds we need to multiply by 60 as follows

`\begin{gathered} 7\text{ minutes}=7*60\text{ seconds} \\ =420\text{ seconds} \end{gathered}`

Final Answer: Elsa ate lunch in 420 seconds.