How long does it take to type to a million?

Answer 1

Surely nobody has ever tried it. But if they did, here's one plausible scenario: Let's picture a world-class typist, who can type one number a second and can keep going for as long as it takes ... no breaks for anything. Sure, one number a second doesn't sound too impressive, as long as you're working on typing numbers like 1, 2, 9, 17, 39, 62, 85, etc. But before you know it, you'll be working on numbers like 99,862 and 431,867; these will definitely slow you down. But let's say that overall, the whiz can average one number a second, for the whole million. This will take her exactly one million seconds to complete. 60 seconds = 1 minute, 60 minutes = 1 hour, and 24 hours = 1 day So 1 day = 86,400 seconds. 1 million seconds = (1,000,000/86,400) = 11days 13hours 46minutes 40seconds