Question

A cargo van is carrying 20 identical steel cylinders.Each cylinder contains compressed oxygen.Altogether,the cylinders weigh 1/2 of a ton.In tons,what is the weight of each cylinder.

Answer 1

Each container is 50 pounds, forget about the second sentence it's just there to confuse you. One ton is 2,000 pounds, half of that is 1,000 lbs. 1,000 divided by 20 is 50. 50 pounds each.