Question

When the new book Units of Fire was released, Jonathan decided to read it in one sitting for his book report. He started at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday morning and read until 8:00 p.m. that night, for a total of 9 hours. For school, however, he needed to record the exact number of minutes he spent reading.

How many minutes did he read?
...?

Answer 1

The total time in minutes that he spent in reading is:

540 minutes.

Explanation:

We are asked to find the total number of minutes Jonathan spent on reading on Saturday.

It was given that he read for a total of 9 hours.

Hence, we will convert this time to minutes by using the conversion:

As 1 hour= 60 minutes.

Hence, 9 hours= 9×60 minutes= 540 minutes.

Hence, the total time Jonathan spent in reading on Saturday is:

540 minutes.

Answer 2

9hours x 60minutes = 540 minutes
(Presuming he actually sat and read the whole time)