Real-Life Math -- Solution
Your mill usually produces 456 50-pound bags of flour
in 24 hours. But there is a mechanical problem, and production is down for
7 hours. About how many bags did your mill produce during that 24-hour period?
456
bags / 24 hours = 19 bags an hour
To figure out
how many fewer bags were produced that day, multiply the 7 lost hours of production
by the 19 bags typically produced.
7 x 19 = 133 bags
456
bags - 133 = 323 bags produced that day
If you need
36,250 pounds of flour to fill orders right away, will the amount of flour
produced that day, plus an extra 250 bags that you have available, be enough?
323
bags x 50 pounds each = 16,150 pounds of flour
250 extra bags
x 50 pounds = 12,500 pounds
12,500 + 16,150 = 28,650 pounds
available to ship out
Unfortunately, you will not
have enough flour to cover your orders.