Question

Sandy is asked to produce 300 squidgets an hour. It takes 60 minutes to receive the necessary material from the previous workstation. Each output container holds 20 squidgets. The factory currently works 8 hours a day. What is the total number of output containers Sandy needs to fulfill the production target in a day?

a. 120 containers
b. 150 containers
c. 180 containers
d. 200 containers

Answer 1

To fulfill the production target of 300 squidgets per hour over an 8-hour day, Sandy needs a total of 120 output containers to hold all the squidgets produced.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sandy is asked to produce 300 squidgets an hour. With the factory working 8 hours a day, Sandy needs to produce a total of 300 squidgets × 8 hours = 2400 squidgets per day. Each output container holds 20 squidgets, so the number of containers needed can be calculated as follows: Total squidgets / Squidgets per container = 2400 squidgets / 20 squidgets per container = 120 containers. Therefore, Sandy will need 120 containers to fulfill the production target in a day.