This blog post exists because someone actually Googled this. I saw the search term pop up in Google Search Console and honestly, I couldn't resist. So here we go.
Short answer: 15 pages a day. That's it. 450 ÷ 30 = 15. You can close your math textbook now.
But wait. Let's talk about Frank for a second. Because Frank's story is more interesting than your homework makes it seem.
The full breakdown
Frank's book has 41 chapters and 450 pages total. That means each chapter has about 10.98 pages. Yes, about. Because 450 doesn't divide evenly by 41. Whoever wrote this math problem clearly never actually made a book.
But let's not get distracted. The question is simple:
450 pages ÷ 30 days = 15 pages per day.
Frank read 15 pages every single day for a month. No skipping. No binge-reading on a Sunday. Just steady, consistent reading.
Honestly? Frank's doing pretty well.
Is 15 pages a day a lot?
Not really, and that's the beautiful part. Fifteen pages takes most people somewhere between 20 and 35 minutes, depending on the book. That's less time than one episode of whatever you're watching on Netflix.
And yet, at 15 pages a day, Frank finished his entire book in a month. If he kept that pace all year, he'd read about 12 books. Not bad for "just" 15 pages.
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What if Frank read more (or less)?
Let's play with the numbers a bit:
| Pages per day | Days to finish 450 pages | Time per day (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 pages | 90 days | ~10 min |
| 10 pages | 45 days | ~20 min |
| 15 pages | 30 days | ~30 min |
| 20 pages | 22 days | ~40 min |
| 30 pages | 15 days | ~60 min |
| 50 pages | 9 days | ~1.5 hours |
The point is: small daily habits add up fast. Even 10 or 15 pages a day gets you through a surprising number of books in a year.
How long does it take to read a 450-page book?
That depends on your reading speed. Most people read about 200 to 250 words per minute. For a 450-page book, that works out to roughly 7 to 9 hours of total reading time.
Spread that over a month like Frank did, and it's just 15 to 20 minutes a day. Spread it over two weeks, and you're looking at about 30 to 40 minutes. Either way, very doable.
The real lesson from Frank's math problem
Your teacher probably just wants you to write "15" and move on. Fair enough.
But here's the thing: Frank's little math problem accidentally proves something real readers already know. You don't need hours of free time to read a lot. You just need a few pages a day, every day.
So yes, the answer is 15 pages per day. But the better question is: how many pages could you read today?