Multiplication Word Problems — Examples & Practice

$$\text{Ford a 5-Day Workweek}$$

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During the Industrial Revolution in the $1800$'s, people used to work shifts lasting up to $14$ hours per day, $6$ days per week. The labor movement reduced shifts to $12$ hours, and then to $10$ hours, and down to the present $8$ hours per day. Henry Ford introduced the two-day weekend in order to allow consumers more leisure time to enjoy his products, bringing us to the present $5$ days per week.