Question

Yolanda spends $8\dfrac{2}{3}$ hours per month playing soccer. Approximately how many hours does she play soccer in a year?

Answer 1

Hint: We will use the concept of conversion of unit of the time into another type of unit of time. Month is a unit of time. Total numbers of days in a month are equal to 30.Day is also a unit of time. A day has 24 hours. An hour is defined as a period of time equal to 60 minutes. A minute is also the system of representing the time and has 60 seconds. Second is the small unit of time. A year is also the unit of time. A year has twelve months and each month has 30 days. The total number of days in a year will be 360 days. We will convert the years into months and then month will be converted into days.to convert the years into days, multiply the number of days in month that is 30 with total number of months in a year. To find the total hours in a month, multiply the total number of hours in a day with the total number of days in a month.

Complete step by step answer:
Step: 1 Yolanda spends \[8\dfrac{2}{3}\] hours per month playing soccer. Convert the hours in fraction.
$ \Rightarrow 8\dfrac{2}{3} = \dfrac{{26}}{3}$
Therefore, to find the total hours in a year she plays soccer, multiply the total number of months in a year with the number of hours she plays soccer in every month.
$ \Rightarrow $ Total hours she plays in a year $ = \dfrac{{26}}{3} \times 12$
$ \Rightarrow $ Total hours she plays in a year $ = 104$.

Therefore the total number of hours Yolanda plays soccer in a year is 104.

Note: While solving the problem change the unit of time in another type of unit of time. Convert the number of hours Yolanda plays in a month into fraction. Students are advised to remember the formula of changing the unit of time into another type of unit of time.