Question

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?

Answer 1

1551 pianos were made

Answer 2

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

$545,952 \div 88 = 6204$

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:

$12 \div 3 = 4$

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

$6204 \div 4 = 1551$

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