Question

Using the following production tally, determine how many total mousetraps were produced during a shift: Quantity per package: 60 Number of packages you sealed: 41 Starting quantity in first package (from previous shift): 52 Ending quantity in your last unsealed package (leave for next shift): 24 Rejected mousetraps: 34

Answer 1

The total number of packages completed was 41 and with 60 moustraps per package so 41 x 60 = 2460. Of these, 52 traps were from the previous shift and 34 were rejects so 2460-52-34 = 2374 produced + 24 in the last unsealed package = 2374 +24 = 2398.

Answer 2

The solution would be like this for this specific problem:

 

No. of Packages sealed 
= (1 for Previous Shift) + (40 for My Shift) = 41

 

Previous Shift: (60-52) 

My Shift sealed: (40x60)

My Shift unsealed: 24 
Rejected: 34 

 

Total = 8 + 2400 +24 + 34 
= 2466 

 So,  there were a total of 2,466 mouse traps that were produced during a shift.