Question

How would I answer this: How many minutes are in a 30-day month.... use vertical multiplication to get the right answer

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 43200 minutes in a 30-day month.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that:

60 minutes = 1 hour

24 hours = 1 day

Thus to determine the minutes in a 30-day month, let us first determine the number of hours in the month.

   30

x  24

_______

  120

 60

_______

 720 hours

The 30-day month has a total of 720 hours.

So that the number of minutes that make up 720 hours can be determined by;

    720

 x   60

_______

   000

4320

_______

43200

Therefore, there are 43200 minutes in a 30-day month.