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Algebra Difficulty 1.1 Junior Find the answer Canada

The number of minutes in a week is closest to

Pick one

Solution

There are 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day.

Thus, there are $60 \cdot 24 = 1440$
minutes in a day.

Since there are 7 days in a week, the number of minutes in a week is
$7 \cdot 1440 = 10\,080$ .

Of the given choices, this is closest to (C) 10 000.

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