Question

There are approximately 2.6 million deaths per year in country A. Express this quantity as deaths per minute.

Answer 1

Take 2.7 million divided by the number of minutes in a year. 1 hour= 60 minutes 1 day= 24 hours So you take 24 hours × 60 minutes =1440 minutes 1 year= 365 per minute.

Answer 2

In one year, there are 365  days 
                   365x24=8760  hours
        8760x60=525 600 minutes

Dividing 2.6 million to the last number (525 600), we find death per minute in this country, which gives us more than 4 deaths in a minute.