April 2021
Problem of the Month
COVID-19 Deaths
In September 2020, Harry Smith of ABC News remarked about how we read the names aloud of the fallen from 9-11. He said that if we were to read aloud the names of the
200,000 who had died from COVID-19, taking 3 seconds per name, 20 names per minute, 1,200 names per hour, it would take a week to read all the names.
As of March 28, 2021, the United States surpassed 562,150 deaths from the coronavirus. How long would it take to read all those names, using three seconds per name?
Give your answer in terms of weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds.