I want to read pages 3 through 123 of a book in 23 days, reading the same amount of pages (strictly as wholes) each day at least until the last day. How do I figure out how many whole pages I should read each of those days (except probably the last one) in order to finish reading them on the last day (the last day probably having slightly fewer pages to read than read per day on the other days)? My attempt to figure out the problem went like this: I subtracted 3 (the starting page number) from 123 (the ending page number) reasoning that this would give me the amount of pages. That gave me 120, which I divided by 23 (the number of days) reasoning that this would give me the number for the amount of pages to read per day if divided absolutely equally, which I would round up to the next strictly whole number. Then I would read that amount of pages each day till the last day when the number of pages left to read would be slightly fewer. I got a final answer of 6 pages. But going by that, the last day would be eight days ahead of schedule. I found that out by counting out 6 consecutive page numbers for each date (till no more of the page numbers remained) to get the page number to read through for it (so counting out 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 thus getting page 8 for the first day, and 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 thus getting page 14 for the second day et cetera). I have never figured this out through math the many times I've tried it for different books, whatever the amount of pages, whatever the amount of days. I have compromised by physically counting sheets to determine how many sheets per day but that's tedious and not what I want. I do this to find a minimum to read of it per day and or of how far along to be in it each day.

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Simplifier · Accepted Answer

Okay, let's make this super simple! First, you want to know how many pages you're reading in total. You're right to subtract the starting page (3) from the ending page (123). So, 123 - 3 = 120 pages. That's the whole book chunk you're tackling.

Now, you want to spread those 120 pages over 23 days as evenly as possible. You're also right to divide the number of pages (120) by the number of days (23). So, 120 / 23 = 5.217... pages per day. Since you can't read a fraction of a page, you'll want to

Math Tutor · Answer

Okay, let's break this down. You're on the right track! The key is to think about the total number of pages first, which you correctly calculated as 120 pages (123 - 3 = 120).

Now, instead of rounding *up*, let's round *down* when dividing the total pages by the number of days. 120 divided by 23 is approximately 5.22. Rounding down to 5 means you'll read 5 whole pages each day for the first 22 days. This ensures you're reading a consistent, manageable amount. Then, to figure out the last day, m

Elementary School Math Teacher · Answer

Okay, let's break this down step-by-step. It sounds like you're on the right track, but let's make sure we understand each part.

First, you correctly figured out that you need to read 120 pages in total (123 - 3 = 120). Now, to figure out how many pages to read each day, we need to divide the total number of pages (120) by the number of days (23). When you do 120 divided by 23, you get approximately 5.21. Since we need to read whole pages each day, we'll start by reading 5 pages each day.

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Time Management Coach · Answer

It sounds like you're on the right track! The key is to work with whole numbers and understand the remainder. First, you correctly calculated the total number of pages: 123 - 3 = 120 pages. Then, you divided 120 by 23 to get approximately 5.22 pages per day.

Since you need to read a whole number of pages each day, let's try reading 5 pages per day for the first 22 days. That's 5 pages/day * 22 days = 110 pages. Now, subtract that from the total: 120 pages - 110 pages = 10 pages. This means you'

Pragmatist · Answer

Alright, let's cut to the chase. You've got 120 pages to read (123 - 3 = 120) over 23 days. Your initial calculation was on the right track, but rounding up throws things off.

Here's the practical approach: Divide the total pages (120) by the number of days (23). 120 / 23 = 5.217... This means you should read 5 pages each day for the first 22 days. That's 5 pages/day * 22 days = 110 pages. On the 23rd day, you'll read the remaining 10 pages (120 - 110 = 10). This gets you through the book on sc

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