12. The musical Rent contains a song that starts 'Five hundred and twenty five thousand six hundred minutes'.
Which of the following is closest to this length of time?
A a week
B a year
C a decade
D a century
E a millennium
12. B Five hundred and twenty five thousand six hundred minutes is equal to
$$
\frac{525600}{60} \text { hours }=8760 \text { hours }=\frac{8760}{24} \text { days }=365 \text { days } \text {. }
$$

So the length of time in the song is the number of minutes in a year, unless it is a leap year.