If the time at present is 7:42 am, what will be the time after 72332 minutes?

Solution

1. Compute minutes in a day: 24 hours = 1,440 minutes.

2. Remove whole days from 72,332 minutes: 72,332 ÷ 1,440 = 50 days with a remainder of 332 minutes (because 1,440 × 50 = 72,000 and 72,332 − 72,000 = 332).

3. Convert the remainder to hours and minutes: 332 minutes = 5 hours (300 minutes) + 32 minutes.

4. Add this to the starting time 7:42 am: 7:42 am + 5 hours = 12:42 pm; then + 32 minutes = 1:14 pm.

5. Final answer: 1:14 pm.

Note: The previous solution text mislabelled 12:42 as "am"; it should be "pm."