Question

A school district needs 3 teachers for every 70 students. They expect to have 14,700 in the district next year. At this time they have 612 teachers. How many more teachers are needed.

Answer 1

18

Explanation:

We can use a proportion to find out the number of teachers that are needed.

3/70 = x/14,700

70x = 3 * 14,700

70x = 44,100

x = 630

630 teachers are needed altogether. Since there are already 612 teachers, the number of more teachers who are needed is the difference between 630 and 612.

630 - 612 = 18

Answer: 18