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There are 24 3rd Graders, 36 4th graders and 18 5th graders in an after school music club. The teachers will set-up teams with no more than 8 students. What is the least number of teams that the teachers will need to divide the students into that will include all students.

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add them up 24+36+18=78
all teams have 8 students at most so 8 times number of teams =78 if you divide them by 8 u should get 9.75 and just to finsh that off round it up and get 10 teams
User Amod Pandey
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so add them up
24+36+18=78
each team has 8 students at most
find how many teams
8 times number of teams=78
divide boh sides b 8
number of teams=9.75
you can't have fracional teams so round up
10 teams
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