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A factory that produces piano keys churned out 545,952 keys in 12 months. A piano requires 88 keys. How many pianos can be produced using the keys from the first three months?

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1551 pianos were made

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Divide the total amount of keys produced by the amount of keys a piano requires to find the amount of pianos a factory made:


545,952 / 88 = 6204

The factory made 6204 pianos in 12 months.

Because the question asks for the amount of pianos made for the first 3 months, we'll divide the total 12 months by the 3 months the question asks for:


12 / 3 = 4

Now we'll divide the total amount of pianos made in 12 months by this number to find the pianos made in 3 months:


6204 / 4 = 1551

1551 pianos were made in the first 3 months of production.
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