Question

Every day at a factory, each of 32 employees assembles 8 skateboards. The company needs to know how many skateboards they would assemble over a period of 31 days. Which is the most reasonable estimate?

Please help it's due at 12am!!

Options :

A. 90 skateboards
B. 900 skateboards
C. 9,000 skateboards
D. 10,000 skateboards

Answer 1

Okay well first you’re going to want to multiply the amount of employees by the amount of skateboards they each make:

32 • 8 = 256

Then, you’re going to take the result and multiply it by the amount of days (31):

256 • 31 = 7,936

The closest number to 7,936 (from the given answers) would be 9,000.

Your answer would then be C.

Answer 2

C. 9,000 Skateboards would be the most reasonable estimate.

The original problem is solved by multiplying 32*8*31, which gets you to 7,936.

I rounded these numbers up and down to get a simpler equation of 30*10*30 which is exactly 9,000.