Name ______________________ Date ____ / ____ / ____

CALCULATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND COST

A "kilowatt hour" is 1,000 watts of power generated for one hour of time and is a measure of
total work performed. The abbreviation for kilowatt hour is kWh and is what the power company
charges customers for.

Example: If a slow cooker operates on 4 amperes of current from a 110-volt

circuit for 2 hours, what is the total kWh used?

1. Determine power: P =VxI

= 110 volts x 4 amps
= 440 watts
2. Convert watts to kilowatts:

440 watts x _ kilowatt_ = 0.44 kW

1,000 watts
3. Multiply by the hours given in the problem:
0.44 kW x 2 hrs = 0.88 kWh 

Provide the answers to the questions below.

1. If an electric stove uses 20 amps of current on a 220-volt circuit for one hour, how many
kilowatt hours were used? ______________________

2. How much would it cost to run the electric stove in Problem 1 if the cost of energy is
$0.08 per kWh? ______________________

3. If a microwave oven uses 6 amps of current on a 110-volt circuit for two hours, how
many kilowatt hours were used? ______________________

4. What is the cost of using the microwave oven in Problem 3 if the cost of energy if $0.08
per kWh? ______________________

5. If a refrigerator uses 10 amps of current from a 220-volt circuit for an average of 18

hours per day, how many kilowatt hours are used in a typical day? _______________

6. If the cost of electricity is 14 cents per kWh, how much does it cost to run the refrigerator
in Problem 5 on a typical day? ______________________

7. If a house's electricity meter reads on 73602 kWh June 1 and 76167 kWh on July 1 while
the cost of electricity for the house is 15 cents per kWh, what would the June electric bill
be? ______________________

8. If an office is lit by three 100-watt bulbs and used for 8 hours per day, how much would
be saved each day by switching to 60-watt bulbs if the cost of electricity was 12 cents per
kWh? _____________________

 
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