A recycling plant process an average of 1/3 ton of glass each minute. At approximately what rate does the recycling plant process glass, in tons per day?

Question

1 day= 24 hours

Answer 1

1/3 ton                  60 mins                 24 hours

-------------     x ----------------------- x  --------------------- = 480 tons  in one day which is 160 tons per each 8 hour shift

 1 minute               1 hour                         1 day

Answer 2

Ally,

 

The solution to this problem is to convert 1/3 tons/minute to the number of tons/day.

 

This is done by multiplying 1/3 tons/minute by 60 minutes/hour and by 24 hours/day.

 

Looking the units of measure, we see that the minutes will cancel and the hours will cancel; and we will be left with tons/day.  To determine how many, multiply (1/3) x 60 x 24.  I will leave the calculation to you, but you should get 480.

 

I hope that this helps.

 

Dennis