Problem of the Week #16

Posted: June 3, 2013

Nicole is one of many Canadians who send texts to their friends. For example, in September 2009 about 3 billion texts were sent by the (approximately) 10 million Canadians who text. a) If the other months of 2009 were similar, how many texts were sent in total in 2009? b) About how many million texts were sent each day (You can round to the nearest million)? c) If Nicole texts like an average Canadian, how many texts does she send in a year? d) If each text message takes about 30 seconds to compose and send, about how much time does Nicole spend texting in a year? All solutions are due by noon on Friday, June 7.  **Please remember to put your first and last name, class, and problem number on your sheet before you put it in the ballot box.