An icecream factory makes 210 quarts of icecream in 5 hours. How many quarts could be made in 36 hours? What was that rate per day?

Question

I don't know how to answer the question. I know we divide but what else are we supposed to do?

Answer 1

This is a problem about RATES, e.g. 210 qt per 5 hours means 210/5 qts/hr=  42 at/hr.

 

That's the rate per (one) hour.  Multiply by 36 to get 1512 qt per 36 hours.

 

As for how manny quarts per day, assuming that the factory works around the clock, you'll multiply the daily rate by 24 hours.

 

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