Question

Higher Order Thinking There are

17,844 students in a school district. The
district keeps class sizes at 24 students
per teacher. How many teachers will
the school district need? Explain.

Answer 1

744

Explanation:

• Higher Order Thinking There are 17,844 students in a school district. The district keeps class sizes at 24 students per teacher. How many teachers will the school district need? Explain.

divide the number of students by the number of classes

17844:24=743.5

It results in a decimal (0.5) since we cannot have 1/2 of a teacher we round to 744