Question

A student skipped a step when he tried to convert 18 hours into seconds. What is the correct conversion, and how many seconds are in 18 hours?

Answer 1

To convert 18 hours to seconds, multiply 18 by 60 to get the number of minutes, and then multiply the number of minutes by 60 to get the number of seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert 18 hours to seconds, we need to consider the conversion factors that relate hours to minutes and minutes to seconds. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute, we can use these conversion factors to convert 18 hours to seconds.

First, we convert 18 hours to minutes: 18 hours × 60 minutes/hour = 1080 minutes.

Then, we convert 1080 minutes to seconds: 1080 minutes × 60 seconds/minute = 64800 seconds.

Therefore, the correct conversion of 18 hours to seconds is 64800 seconds.