Question

331 students went on a field trip. six buses were filled and 7 students traveled in cars. how many students were in each bus?

Answer 1

The would be 54 students on each bus.

Here's how I got my answer:

Step 1: Since 7 students traveled in cars, we can remove them from the equation by doing
`331 - 7`. Leaving us with 324.

Step 2: We have to divide them between the buses equally. We can do this by doing
`324 / 6`. Which is 54. Therefore your answer is 54.

Answer 2

Let x be the number of students in each bus. The following equation represents the problem:

6x+7=331.

Thus, solving for x, we get

6x= 324

x=54.

Thus, 54 students travelled in each bus. :)

Hope this helps!