On a weekday, a student gets up at 6:00 a.m. to get ready for school by 7:00. They eat breakfast from 7:00–7:30 and get to school from by 9:00. School lasts until 3:00 p.m., then they have sports practice from 3:00–4:30. They do homework from 4:30–6:00 and eat dinner from 6:00–7:00. Then they relax from 7:00–8:00 p.m. before getting ready for bed and going to sleep. About how much of this day would be considered “leisure time”?

Question

one hour

four hours

eight hours

eleven hours

Answer 1

To determine the amount of leisure time in the student's schedule, let's break down the daily activities:

1. Waking up and getting ready: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. (1 hour)
2. Breakfast: 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. (30 minutes)
3. Travel to school: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (1 hour 30 minutes)
4. School: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (6 hours)
5. Sports practice: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (1 hour 30 minutes)
6. Homework: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (1 hour 30 minutes)
7. Dinner: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (1 hour)
8. Relax: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (1 hour)
9. Getting ready for bed and sleep: 8:00 p.m. onward (not specified, but for simplicity, we can assume bed preparation starts at 8, including sleep time)

Now let's add up the hours:

• Total hours accounted:
  • Getting ready (1 hour)
  • Breakfast (0.5 hours)
  • Travel (1.5 hours)
  • School (6 hours)
  • Sports (1.5 hours)
  • Homework (1.5 hours)
  • Dinner (1 hour)
  • Relaxation (1 hour)

This totals to 13 hours.

Assuming a typical day ends at around 11:00 p.m. for sleep (why we’ll say they sleep for about 7 hours), let's add the "relax" time before bedtime.

So we have:

• 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. = 17 hours
• Activities accounted for = 13 hours
• Leisure time = 17 hours - 13 hours = 4 hours

Thus, the amount of leisure time for the day is about four hours.