Stage Four
Breathe &
Blink
How many times do you breathe in a minute? (Guess)
How would you calculate the number of times you breathe in a day?
(Show all your working)
How many times do you blink in a minute? (Guess)
How would you calculate the number of times you will blink in a week ?
Are your answers the same as your friends ?
Why ?
Reference: Fundamentals 7
Bill Barry/Penny Boyce, Longman Cheshire, p7
Lets work through this methodically...
How many times do you breathe in a minute? How would you calculate the number of times you breathe in a day?
I estimate that I would breathe about 15 times a minute.
Times 60 to work it out per hour.
Times 24 to work it out per day.
This gives 15 x 60 x 24, which is 22,500 times a day.
How many times do you blink in a minute? How would you calculate the number of times you will blink in a week?
I estimate that I would blink about 5 times a minute.
Times 60 to work it out per hour.
Times 24 to work it out per day.
Times 7 to work it out per week.
This gives 5 x 60 x 24 x 7, which is 50,400 times a week. Which is a lot of blinking...