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Daily Log Investigation I

Keep a daily log

For twenty-four hours, keep a log of how you spend your time. Categories might be sleeping, eating (e.g., breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks), studying, school, traveling, television, reading, exercising, etc. Make sure to record your time in minutes. You should have exactly 1440 minutes. This is the number of minutes in twenty-four hours.

Open a spreadsheet to record your log. Refer to Technical Hints to use a spreadsheet. Record your activities and time in minutes in the spreadsheet. You can use the spreadsheet to calculate the total minutes. Refer to Technical Hints on how to create a sum.

Answer Questions 1 and 2 in the analysis.

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