Question

there is 1 bus for every 32 students on a field trip.there are 96 student on the field trip. How many buses are needed

Answer 1

3 buses will be needed for 96 students on the field trip.

Explanation:

Given : 1 bus for 32 students

To find: How many buses for 96?

Divide 96 from 32 :

96/32 = 3 { 32 × 3 = 96 }

Also to make it easier to understand:

32 students have 1 bus, 32 + 32 + 32 = 96! 96 will have 3 buses.

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Answer 2

3

Explanation:

We can set this up as a ratio

b = bus s = students

1b:32s

?b:96s

To find out how many more students there are more of than 1 bus can fit, we do 96 divided by 32

96/32 = 3

so we do 1 x 3 for the busses because there are 3 times the number of kids.