2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 1

The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of $11$ hours and $5$ minutes. How many minutes was this?

$\textbf{(A) }605\qquad\textbf{(B) }655\qquad\textbf{(C) }665\qquad\textbf{(D) }1005\qquad \textbf{(E) }1105$

Solution

We can first convert $11$ hours to minutes and then add $5$ minutes. $11\times60=660$ and $660+5=\boxed{\text{(C)}665}$

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