Why+I+Can't+Skip+Reading+Tonight

=  ﻿ Why Can't I Skip Reading Tonight? Let’s figure it out mathematically! =

Student A reads 20 minutes/five nights/every week. Student B reads only 4 minutes a night (or not at all).

Step 1: Multiply minutes per night 5 nights each week. Student A reads 20 x 5 = 100 minutes Student B reads 4 x 5 = 20 minutes

Step 2: Multiply minutes per week times 4 per month. Student A reads 400 minutes/month Student B reads 80 minutes/month

Step 3: Multiply minutes per month times 9 school months/year. Student A reads 3600 minutes/school year. Student B reads 720 minutes/school year.

Student A practices reading the equivalent of 10 whole school days each year.

Student B gets the equivalent of only 2 school days of reading practice.

By the end of 6th grade, if Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits: Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days. Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.