Question

- Max can read about 150 words per minute. Unfortunately for Max, he has waited until

this weekend to do all his reading. The book he has to read is 310 pages long. If a typical
paperback has about 350 words per page, how many hours should he set aside for this
reading?
A. 12 days
B. 12 hours
C. 72.3 days
D. 610 hours

Answer 1

B) 12 hours

Step-by-step explanation

Max can read 150 words per minute. 350 words per page divided by 150 is 2.333, so max can read 1 page in around 2 minutes. There are 310 pages. 2.333 * 310 is around 723. 723 minutes converted to hours is 12 hours. Boom. Done.