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FutureLab Puzzle of the Day

Puzzle 002: Why a boy had no time for school?

After a boy failed to attend school for several weeks he was visited by his teacher. The boy explained why he had no time for school.

"I sleep 8 hours a day. That makes 8 x 365 = 2920 hrs. There are 24 hours per day, so that's the same as 2920/24 = 122 days."

This was one of the elite school of Kathmandu so they have Saturday and Sunday holidays. That amounts to 104 days per year.

They also have 1 month winter vacation, 1 month after exam. So 60 days holidays.
"I need 3 hours a day for meals that's 3*365=1095 hrs or 45 days.
And I need 2 hours for recreation in mobiles games and cartoons. That comes out to be 2*365 = 730 hrs or 30 days."

The boy jotted down the figures and added up all the days:

Sleep 122
weekends 104
holidays 60
Meals 45
games 30
Total =361

The total of 361 days.

"You see", said the boy, "that leaves me only 4 days to be sick and I haven't considered the dashain, tihar and unannounced holidays like strikes and bandas."

The teacher was amazed by the boys calculations and could not find any thing wrong with them.

Do you agree with the boy and his busy life.