Study Reading Calculator

1. Enter pages remaining
Exclude pages already completed unless they need to be reread.

2. Use a realistic reading speed
Measure pages per focused hour for material of similar difficulty.

3. Set available days
Count days on which you can actually read before the deadline.

4. Add review allowance
Reserve a percentage of first-pass time for notes, summaries, or rereading.

5. Choose a session length
Use the standard block length you plan to schedule.

6. Review the daily pace
Use both pages and minutes per day to build the plan.

First-pass hours = Pages ÷ Pages per hour
Review hours = First-pass hours × Review allowance
Total hours = First-pass hours + Review hours
Minutes per day = Total hours × 60 ÷ Reading days

Review allowance is entered as a percentage and converted to a decimal. The calculator assumes a constant reading rate and evenly distributes the workload across the available days.

What the result means

The main result includes both initial reading time and the chosen review allowance.

Figures, exercises, annotation, and unfamiliar vocabulary can reduce the effective pages-per-hour rate.

Given: 240 pages, 30 pages per hour, six reading days, a 20% review allowance, and 45-minute sessions.

Calculation:
First-pass time = 240 ÷ 30 = 8.00 hours
Review time = 8 × 0.20 = 1.60 hours
Total = 9.60 hours
Daily time = 9.60 × 60 ÷ 6 = 96 minutes

Result: Plan about 40 pages and 96 minutes per day, or roughly 12.8 forty-five-minute sessions in total.