Question

How many cough drops must be wrapped each minute in order for 80 million to be wrapped in one week?

Answer 1

80,000,000 cough drops need to be wrapped in one week.

1 week = 7 days
 
7 days = 7 * 24 hours = 168 hours

168 hours = 168 * 60 minutes = 10,080 minutes.


80,000,000 cough drops need to to be wrapped in 10,080 minutes.

Divide both numbers by 10,080 to find out how many cough drops need to be made in 1 minutes.

80,000,000 / 10,080 cough drops need to be wrapped in 1 minute.

80,000,000 / 10,080 ≈ 7936.5

Approximately, 7936.5 cough drops need to be made in 1 minute for there to be 80 million cough drops wrapped in 1 week.

Answer 2

In 1 week, 80 million cough drops need to be wrapped.

1 week = 7 days = 168 hours = 10,080 minutes

In 10,080 minutes, the machine needs to wrap 80 million cough drops.

80,000,000/10,080 = 7936.5

7936.5 cough drops must be wrapped each minute in order for 80 million to be wrapped in one week.