Question

My mom does 5 loads of laundry per week. Each load needs 35 minutes in the washer 75 minutes in the dryer and it takes my mom 15 minutes to fold and put away. How many hours does mom spend folding laundry in a month?

Answer 1

The answer is 5 hours a month. To get that answer all you have to do is multiply 15 minutes times 5 loads of laundry per week. That gives you 1.25 hours per week she spends folding clothes. Then to get the hours for the month he multiply 1.25 by 4 weeks and that gives you 5 hours a month folding clothes.

Answer 2

Total time for 1 load: 35 + 75 + 15 = 125 minutes

Total time for 5 loads: 125 x 5 = 625 minutes.

1 hour = 60 minutes, divide total minutes by 60 to get hours:

625/ 60 = 10.4166 hours

10 hours and 25 minutes