Thousands and Millions

Here are a few of the solutions we received:

Do human beings live for as long as a million hours?

Amy from Frances Bardsley School for Girls concluded that most of us don't:

24 hrs = 1 day
365 days = 1 year
24 x 365 = 8760 hrs in a year
8760 x 79 (that's the rough age humans live for) = 692,040 hours, so we do not live for 1million hours.

And students from Jumeirah Primary School came to the same conclusion:

No, because the average human lives for 80 years. This equals 700800 hours, which is less that 1000000.

Saad from JPS in Dubai worked out that just a few of us do:

24 hours = 1day.
24 hours x 365 = 8760 hours per year.
10 years = 87600 hours
50 years = 43800 hours
100 years = 876000 hours
105 years = 919800 hours
110 years = 963600 hours
112 years = 981120 hours
114 years = 998640 hours
114.10 years = 999516 hours
114.13years = 999788.8 hours
114.1551 years = 999998.676 hours
114.1552 years = 999999.52 hours
114.1553 years = 1000000.428 hours


If you have been alive for a million seconds, how many birthdays have you had?

Linden from HighdownSchool worked out that there would be no birthdays:

1000000 seconds / 60 =16667 mintues
16667 mintues / 60 = 278 hours
278 hours / 24 = 12 days
Birthdays = 0

Alex from Welsey Collegecame to the same conclusion:

How long would it take to count to a million?

Alex from Toot Hill's Junior Maths Academy (Mathletes) had a go at this problem:

Thank you all for your clear explanations.