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JavaScript JavaScript Numbers Working with Numbers Create a Program with Math

Clare Yeadon
Clare Yeadon
5,553 Points

Code not working

Hello, when I run the code below the console is only showing "There are ${SecsPerDay} seconds in a day." Also, I am trying to learn how to use Markdown.

const secsPerMin = 60;
const MinPerHour = 60;
const HourPerDay = 24;
const DayPerWeek = 7;
const WeekPerYear = 52;

const SecsPerDay = secsPerMin * MinPerHour * HourPerDay;

console.log('There are ${SecsPerDay} seconds in a day.');

5 Answers

connor ingold
connor ingold
5,382 Points

Use backticks instead of quotation marks ' '

const secsPerMin = 60;
const minsPerHour = 60;
const hoursPerDay = 24;
const daysPerWeek = 7;
const weeksPerYear = 52;


const secsPerday = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;
const hoursPerWeek = hoursPerDay * daysPerWeek;
const minsInYear = minsPerHour * hoursPerDay * weeksPerYear;


console.log(`There are ${secsPerday} seconds in a day.`);
console.log(`There are ${hoursPerWeek} hours in a week.`);
console.log(`There are ${minsInYear} minutes in a year.`);

const yearsAlive = 28 * weeksPerYear;
const secsAlive = secsPerday * daysPerWeek * yearsAlive;
console.log(`I've been alive for more than ${secsAlive} seconds!`);

My solution of the SecondsAlive Challenge

const secsPerMin = 60; const minsPerHour = 60; const hoursPerDay = 24; const daysPerWeek = 7; const weeksPerYear = 52;

const secondsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;

console.log(There are ${secondsPerDay} seconds in a day.);

const yearsAlive = 25; const secsPerYear = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay * 365; const secondsAlive = yearsAlive * secsPerYear;

console.log(I've been alive for more than ${secondsAlive} seconds!);

connor ingold
connor ingold
5,382 Points

Might be of out the scope of this but you could also define your variables like so:

const secsPerMin = 60, 
MinPerHour = 60, 
HourPerDay = 24, 
DayPerWeek = 7, 
WeekPerYear = 52;

const SecsPerDay = secsPerMin * MinPerHour * HourPerDay;

console.log(`There are ${SecsPerDay} seconds in a day.`);