To calculate the number of minutes in a century, we can use a similar approach as we did for hours, but with a conversion factor of 60 minutes per hour.

Here’s the calculation:

Determine the number of days in a century.

Calculate the number of leap years in the century.

Find the total number of days in the century.

Multiply the total number of days by 24 (hours per day) and then by 60 (minutes per hour) to get the total number of minutes in a century.

Let’s do the calculation:

Number of leap years in a century:

Number of leap years = ⌊ 2000/4⌋ −⌊1900/4⌋= 25 −23 =2

Total number of days in a century:

Number of days = 100 × 365 + 2 = 36500 + 2 = 36502

Total number of minutes in a century:

Number of minutes=36502×24×60=52,561,920 minutes

So, there are 52,561,920 minutes in a century.

Important information :

• A century consists of 100 years.
• Each year typically has 365 days, but every fourth year is a leap year, which has 366 days.
• Leap years are necessary to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth’s revolutions around the Sun.
• The concept of leap years was introduced by Julius Caesar and refined by Pope Gregory XIII with the Gregorian calendar.