Calculating Heart Rate
Nursing: Mathematics | |
1. Find your resting heart rate in beats per minute | |
Age | ~30 |
Resting heart rate (beats per minute (BPM)) | 74 |
2. Calculate how many times your heart beats in an hour. | |
1 hour (Total Minutes) | 60 |
Heartbeats in an hour | 4,440 |
3. Calculate how many times your heart beats in a day. | |
Total hours in a day | 24 |
Heartbeats in a day | 106,560 |
4. Calculate how many times your heart beats in a year | |
Total days in a year | 365.25 |
Heartbeats in a year | 38,921,040 |
5. Calculate how many times your heart beats in a lifetime | |
Estimated life expectancy in years (Based on NHS) | 82 |
Heartbeats in a lifetime | 3,191,525,280 |
6. Find five animals’ resting heart rates and life expectancy | |
a) Cat | |
Resting heart rate (BPM) | 150 |
Heartbeats in an hour | 9,000 |
Heartbeats in a day | 216,000 |
Heartbeats in a year | 78,894,000 |
Life expectancy (years) | 15 |
Heartbeats in a lifetime | 1,183,410,000 |
b) Dog | |
Resting heart rate (BPM) | 80 |
Heartbeats in an hour | 4,800 |
Heartbeats in a day | 115,200 |
Heartbeats in a year | 42,076,800 |
Life expectancy (years) | 12 |
Heartbeats in a lifetime | 504,921,600 |
c) Cow | |
Resting heart rate (BPM) | 70 |
Heartbeats in an hour | 4,200 |
Heartbeats in a day | 100,800 |
Heartbeats in a year | 36,817,200 |
Life expectancy (years) | 25 |
Heartbeats in a lifetime | 920,430,000 |
d) Horse | |
Resting heart rate (BPM) | 40 |
Heartbeats in an hour | 2,400 |
Heartbeats in a day | 57,600 |
Heartbeats in a year | 21,038,400 |
Life expectancy (years) | 30 |
Heartbeats in a lifetime | 631,152,000 |
e) Chicken | |
Resting heart rate (BPM) | 250 |
Heartbeats in an hour | 15,000 |
Heartbeats in a day | 360,000 |
Heartbeats in a year | 131,490,000 |
Life expectancy (years) | 8 |
Heartbeats in a lifetime | 1,051,920,000 |
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Question
Find your resting heart rate in beats per minute
Calculate how many times your heart beats in an hour.
Calculate how many times your heart beats in a day.
Calculate how many times your heart beats in a year(365.25 days)
Calculate how many times your heart beats in a lifetime(use Google to determine your life expectancy).
Find five animals’ resting heart rates and life expectancy. Repeat all five steps for them to find out the number of times they beat in a lifetime.
Put them all together in a spreadsheet (make sure you use the spreadsheet to do the calculations)