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 The international space station takes 644 minutes to orbit Earth seven times about how long does each orbit take 

 Jan 5, 2017
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92 minutes for one orbit

 Jan 5, 2017
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Each orbit takes:

\(644 \div 7\\ = (630)\div 7 + 14 \div 7\\ =90 + 2\\ = 92\text{ minutes}\)

The first step is a clever method to do division that I found by myself in Primary School.(or Elementary School you call it.)

 Jan 5, 2017

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