Real-Life Math -- Solution
You are a closed captioner keying in a long political speech.
You can type 95 words per minute. How many words can you type
in 2 hours?
1 hour = 60 minutes
2 hours = 60 minutes
x 2
2 hours = 120 minutes
Words per minute:
95 words per
minute for 120 minutes:
95 x 120 = 11,400
In
2 hours, you typed 11,400 words.
Unfortunately, you made 600 mistakes.
If every misspelled word is subtracted from the total number of words written,
what is your actual words per minute over the 2 hours?
11,400
words - 600 mistakes = 10,800 words
Revised words per
minute: 10,800 words / 120 minutes = 90 words per minute
You actually
typed 90 words per minute.
"We don't have to use math very much
on the job," says Darrenougue. "But you may need to use some basic skills."