How long does it take to read Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream?
A mathematical story
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream by Cindy Neuschwander takes about 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 47 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1998. 43 pages, about 11,825 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster.
Subjects: Fiction, Multiplication, Dreams, Arithmetic, Schools, Children's fiction
