Question

You are reading a great novel that is 290 pages long. You can't renew the book, and you have only 12 days to finish it before returning it to the library. How many pages must you read each day? How many pages will be left that you must read on the last day?

a) 25 pages each day, 10 pages on the last day
b) 20 pages each day, 10 pages on the last day
c) 24 pages each day, 14 pages on the last day
d) 30 pages each day, 10 pages on the last day

Answer 1

A student needs to read 24 pages each day to finish a 290-page novel in 11 days and then read the remaining 26 pages on the last day, making the answer c) 24 pages each day, 14 pages on the last day.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many pages must be read each day to finish a 290-page novel in 12 days, we divide the total number of pages by the number of days available. The calculation would be 290 pages ÷ 12 days, which gives us approximately 24.16 pages per day. Since we can only read whole pages, you would need to read 24 pages a day for 11 days and then read the remaining pages on the last day. Mathematically, that's 24 pages/day × 11 days = 264 pages, with 290 total pages - 264 pages = 26 pages left to read on the last day.

The correct answer is therefore c) 24 pages each day, 14 pages on the last day.