Question

Students at an elementary school attend school 5 days each week. After 3 weeks of attendance, each student has attended school for a total of 6300 minutes.

For how many hours each day does each student attend this school?

Answer 1

are you sure the answer is 7?

Answer 2

To find out how many hours each day a student attends school, we start with the total number of minutes attended over the 3 weeks.

1. **Total minutes attended**: 6300 minutes over 3 weeks.
2. **Total days in 3 weeks**: Since there are 5 school days in a week, in 3 weeks there are:
\[
3 \text{ weeks} \times 5 \text{ days/week} = 15 \text{ days}
\]

3. **Minutes attended per day**: To find out how many minutes each student attends school each day, we divide the total minutes by the number of days:
\[
\text{Minutes per day} = \frac{6300 \text{ minutes}}{15 \text{ days}} = 420 \text{ minutes/day}
\]

4. **Convert minutes to hours**: Since 1 hour is equal to 60 minutes, we convert the daily attendance time from minutes to hours:
\[
\text{Hours per day} = \frac{420 \text{ minutes}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} = 7 \text{ hours/day}
\]

Thus, each student attends school for **7 hours each day**.

Answer 3

Let's double-check the calculations step by step.

1. **Total minutes attended**: The students attended for a total of **6300 minutes** over **3 weeks**.

2. **Total school days in 3 weeks**:
\[
3 \text{ weeks} \times 5 \text{ days/week} = 15 \text{ days}
\]

3. **Minutes attended per day**: We divide the total minutes by the number of days attended:
\[
\text{Minutes per day} = \frac{6300 \text{ minutes}}{15 \text{ days}} = 420 \text{ minutes/day}
\]

4. **Convert minutes to hours**: Since there are **60 minutes in an hour**, we convert the daily attendance time:
\[
\text{Hours per day} = \frac{420 \text{ minutes}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} = 7 \text{ hours/day}
\]

Therefore, the calculation is correct, and each student attends school for **7 hours each day**.