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Problem

Handy Aaron helped a neighbor hours on Monday, minutes on Tuesday, from 8:20 to 10:45 on Wednesday morning, and a half-hour on Friday. He is paid per hour. How much did he earn for the week?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Let's convert everything to minutes and add them together. On Monday he worked for minutes. On Tuesday he worked minutes. On Wednesday he worked for hours minutes, or minutes. On Friday he worked minutes. This adds up to minutes, or hours and .
Final answer
E