Brendan is an hourly worker. During a week's pay period, he worked the following hours and minutes: Using the quarter-hour method, how many total hours did Brendan work that week?
A) 41.75 hours
B) 42.50 hours
C) 43.25 hours
D) 42.25 hours

Question

Brendan is an hourly worker. During a week's pay period, he worked the following hours and minutes:  Using the quarter-hour method, how many total hours did Brendan work that week?
A) 41.75 hours 
B) 42.50 hours 
C) 43.25 hours 
D) 42.25 hours

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To calculate Brendan's total hours, we need to round his minutes worked to the nearest 15-minute interval.

Working from left to right:

- 11:00 to 12:00 = 1 hour 
- 12:00 to 1:00 = 1 hour 
- 1:00 to 1:45 = 1.75 hours (rounding 45 minutes up to 1 hour and 45 minutes to the nearest quarter hour) 
- 1:45 to 2:00 = 0.25 hours 
- 2:00 to 3:00 = 1 hour 
- 3:00 to 4:00 = 1 hour 
- 4:00 to 4:30 = 0.5 hours 
- 4:30 to 5:15 = 0.75 hours (rounding 15 minutes up to 30 minutes) 
- 5:15 to 5:45 = 0.5 hours

Adding up all these hours, we get 42.50 hours worked in the week. Therefore, the correct answer is B) 42.50 hours.

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