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A student spent 5/8 of an hour each evening reading a book about whales. If it took the student 10 evenings to finish the book, how many hours in all did the student spend reading?
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A student spent 5/8 of an hour each evening reading a book about whales. If it took the student 10 evenings to finish the book, how many hours in all did the student spend reading?

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Answer: 6hours and 25 minutes

5/8 of one hour is 37min and 5seconds
Multiple by the 10 evenings is 375
Divide by 60 (minutes in an hour)
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