Question

The ruby-throated hummingbird has a wing beat of about 200 beats per second. About how many wing beats would a hummingbird have in 3 minutes?

Answer 1

`36,000` beats. This can also be written as `3.6*10^4` beats

Explanation:

The key to this is working out how many seconds there are in 3 minutes.
As there are `60` seconds in a minute, 3 minutes is `3*60 = 180` seconds.

The hummingbird has #200 beats per second.

In 3 minutes there will be `200*180 =36000` beats