Answer:
48
Explanation:
About 40 millions of aluminum cans can be recycled each month in the US. A quarter of these aluminum cans are used to make one aluminum boat. How many aluminum boats can be made in one year in the US?
Given that:
Approximate Number of cans that can be recycled per month in the US = 40 million
Fraction of recycled cans that can be used to make an aluminum boat = 1/4
The number of aluminum boats that can be made in the US in one year :
If about 40 million cans are recycle per month :
The number of boat that can be made from each monthly recycled aluminum cans will be :
Number of monthly recycled can needed to make one boat:
1/4 * 40 million = 10 million cans
Hence, 40,000,000 / 10,000,000 = 4
4 aluminum boats can be made in one month :
Number of months in a year = 12
Number of aluminum boats that can be made in a year :
4 per month * 12 = 48 aluminum boats