Calculate how many pages to read per day to finish a book by a deadline from its length and the pages read, or find the reading days needed and finish date.

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Pages Per Day Formula

The formula below describes the average-from-books mode over365calendar days. The planner also supports unread pages and scheduled reading days; its daily target is rounded up.

PPD = (B × P) / 365

Variables:

  • PPD is the pages per day (pages/day)
  • B is the total number of books read 
  • P is the average book length (pages) 

To calculate the pages per day (assuming the books are read over one year), divide the total pages (B × P) by 365.

How to Calculate Total Pages Read

Choose Total pages read and enter your pages per reading day and the number of days you actually plan to read. Add any pages already read to find your running total. If the pace changes or you are combining two readers’ totals, open Add a second pace and enter both its pace and its reading days.

Total pages = pages already read + (first pace × first reading days) + (second pace × second reading days). Leave the second pace blank when there is only one. The result can include a partial page when you enter a fractional pace.

For example, if you have already read 30 pages, then read 12 pages a day for 5 days and 20 pages a day for 2 days, you will have read 130 pages in total. The new reading adds 60 + 40 = 100 pages.

How to Calculate Pages Per Day?

The following steps outline how to calculate the Pages Per Day.

  1. First, determine the total number of books read. 
  2. Next, determine the average book length (pages). 
  3. Next, gather the formula from above = PPD = (#B * #P) / 365.
  4. Finally, calculate the Pages Per Day.
  5. After inserting the variables and calculating the result, check your answer with the calculator above.

Example Problem : 

Select Average from books over a period, keep the365-day period, and use the following example inputs.

total number of books read = 10

average book length (pages) = 250

PPD = (#B * #P) / 365 = ?

PPD = (10 × 250) / 365 = 2500 / 365 ≈ 6.85 pages/day