Milk Quality Problem Solving 1

The average protein test of the tanker of milk is?

• 3.27%

• 3.45%

• 3.58%

• 3.55%

If milkfat bonus is $0.12 for every point over 3.2% what was the bonus for the tanker truck?

• $00.00

• $220.00

• $240.00

• $250.00

Which producer received the largest milkfat bonus check?

• Producer “1”

• Producer “2”

• Producer “3”

• Producer “4”

If 1,200 pounds of milk testing 4.5% fat is mixed with 900 pounds of skim milk testing 0.05% fat, how many pounds of milk fat are contained in the 2,100 pound mixture?

• 45

• 54

• 54.45

• 45.54

What is the percentage of fat in the mixture made in Problem number 4?

• 2.45%

• 2.59%

• 2.67%

• 2.16%

A five gram sample of milk was heated in an oven to remove the moisture. The weight of the dry residue is 0.635 grams. What is the percentage of total milk solids?

• 12.7

• 12.5

• 13

• 13.7

A dairy plant has a storage tank containing 90,000 pounds of 4.1% fat milk. If it takes 7.4 pounds of whole milk to make 1 pound of whole milk powder, how many 50 pound containers of whole milk powder can be made from the milk, assuming a 3% loss in the packaging process?

• 82 containers

• 240 containers

• 235 containers

• 243 containers

How much 2% lowfat milk can be made using the 90,000 pounds of 4.1% fat milk, when excess is removed as 36% fat cream?

• 82,460 pounds

• 84,440 pounds

• 86,180 pounds

• 30,600 pounds

If the 36% fat cream removed from the 90,000 pounds of 4.1% fat milk to make 2% lowfat milk, is packaged into pints, how many pints of cream will be realized, assuming no loss in the packaging process? NOTE: Heavy Cream weighs 8.37 pounds per gallon.

• 5,312 pints

• 5,559 pints

• 5,621 pints

• 664 pints

If the dairy plant does not process the 36% cream into pints, but sells the cream for $80.00 cwt, what is the value of the cream sold?

• $67,552

• $4,448

• $6,229

• $26,560