Question

Ms. Coleman's class has already collected 403 cans for a food drive, but the class wants to collect a total of at least 1,000 cans. If each of the 28 students in the class brings an equal number of cans, how many more cans should each student bring for the class to have collected at least 1,000 cans?

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Answer 1

Answer: 21.32

Step-by-step explanation: To figure out how many more cans each student needs to bring, we can use the following equation:

(total number of cans needed) - (number of cans collected) = (number of cans each student needs to bring) x (number of students)

So, plugging in the values we know, we get:

1,000 - 403 = x * 28

Simplifying the equation:

597 = 28x

Dividing both sides by 28:

x = 21.32

This means that each student needs to bring about 21 more cans (rounded up) to reach the goal of 1,000 cans.