Question

The school is taking students on a field trip. Each bus holds 32 students. If 140 students have RSVP'd, what is the fewest number of buses that can be used?

a) 5
b) 6
c) 7

Answer 1

(a)

Explanation:

Basically we're trying to figure out how many groups of 32 students are needed to have more than 140.

To do this, we take 140/32 (*BIG NOTE!! No matter what our answer is, we round up. If we rounded down, we'd be leaving some students behind, and we don't want that.)

140/32 = 4.375 (but remember, we round up no matter what)

so the answer is 5, which is A.

Answer 2

5

Explanation:

because in 5 buses there could fit 160 students which is more than have rsvpd