A typical person, who is speaking clearly and distinctly, speaks at about 100-150 Words per minute. Thus, a 5-minute speech would contain roughly 600 Words, total. A double-spaced, 12-point font will have roughly 1500 characters per page, which is 250 Words, on average. So, a 5-minute speech should be about 3 single-spaced pages.
(Note: special cases, such as a debate team competition, can raise the WPM to well over 500)
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