{"id":649,"date":"2026-04-26T00:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:58:11","slug":"how-many-hours-did-she-actually-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"How many hours did she actually sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At first glance, this question looks simple, but it is designed to confuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentence says:<br>\u201cElira slept from 11 PM to 1 PM.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people calculate it like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From 11 PM to midnight = 1 hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From midnight to 1 PM = 13 hours<br>Total = 14 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That is the correct way to think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confusion happens because the question does not explicitly say \u201cthe next day,\u201d but in normal everyday language, when someone says \u201cfrom 11 PM to 1 PM,\u201d it is understood that the time continues into the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the correct breakdown is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11 PM to 12 AM = 1 hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 AM to 1 PM = 13 hours<br>Total = 14 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct answer: B) 14 hours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why people get it wrong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people think:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11 PM to 1 PM is only 2 hours (confusing it with 1 AM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Others hesitate because both times say \u201cPM\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some assume it is a trick and overthink it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple rule:<\/strong><br>When time passes midnight, split it into two parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the starting time to 12 AM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 12 AM to the ending time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Then add the hours together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>At first glance, this question looks simple, but it is designed to confuse. The sentence says:\u201cElira slept from 11 PM to 1 PM.\u201d Most people <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=649\" title=\"How many hours did she actually sleep?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}