PAGE 12 2.4 A Few Things to Try


1. Hours in a year

puts 365 * 24


2. Minutes in a decade

puts 10 * 365 * 24 * 60


3. Seconds I'm old, 8/8/76 to 5/7/07 (9:45pm)

puts (30 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60) + (272 * 24 * 60 * 60) + (21 * 60 * 60) + (45 * 60)


4. 912,000,000 seconds, how old?

puts 912000000/60/60/24/365