Sheet # 6
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1) 120,000 aluminum cans are recycled in the United States per day. How many cans will be recycled in a year? (1 year = 365 days)
2) Australians throw away 4,000 plastic bags per minute. How many bags will be thrown away in a day?
3) Americans throw away 570 diapers per second. How many diapers will be discarded in 10 minutes?
4) 2,000,000 plastic bottles are thrown away every hour in the United States. How many bottles will be discarded in a day? in a week?
Answers for sheet # 6
1) 43,800,000 cans
2) 5,760,000 bags
3) 342,000 diapers
4) 48,000,000 bottles in a day, and 336,000,000 bottles in a week