Question

How many minutes are there in half of the non-leap year?
a. 262800
b. 21900
c. 261800
d. 525600

Answer 1

Hint: First find the total days in a year, then multiply it with total hours in a day and then convert it into minutes by multiplying by 60.

Complete step-by-step answer:
There are 365 days in a non-leap year, so the total hours in a non-leap year \[=\text{ }24\text{ }\times \text{ }365\]
Total minutes in hours is \[24\text{ }\times \text{ }60\]
So, total minutes in a non-leap year \[=\text{ }24\text{ }\times \text{ }365\text{ }\times \text{ }60\text{ }=\text{ }525600\] minutes
Hence total minutes in half of the non-leap year=262800
The correct answer is A.
Note: Time related questions if we go down from hours to minutes to second we should multiply with 60, if we go up from seconds to minute to hour then we should divide it by 60. In a normal year there are 365 days but in the leap year there are 366 days.
So, the overall difference between leap year and non-leap year is 24 hours. Leap year comes after every 4 year. If the year is completely divided by 4 then it is called leap year.