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On a school trip, 4 adults are required to supervise a

group of 32 children. How many adults will be required
for 40 children?​

User Jjm
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5 adults would be needed for 40 children
User Kamil Kamili
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Answer:

5 adults

Explanation:

So 4 adults are taken for 32 children. We can use 32 divided by 4 to see how many children it takes to assign an adult. the answer to this would be 8. if 8 more children are added ( which would make 32+8 which is 40) than another adult would be needed.

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