Question

Mrs. Smith is planning a field trip for all of the fourth grade students. There are 7 classes of

Fourth graders with 20 students in each class. If 30 students fit on a bus, how many buses will
Mrs. Smith need to reserve for the trip?

Answer 1

Answer: 5 busses, you have to multiple the number of students by the amount of classes (7 x 20) to get a product of 140 students. If only 30 can fit on to each bus you have to divide 140 by 30 and you get 4.6666667 so you need to round up to get an answer of 5 busses

Explanation:

Answer 2

5 buses

Explanation:

Mrs. Smith will need to reserve buses for 7 classes of Fourth graders, with 20 students in each class, for a total of

7 * 20 = <<7*20=140>>140 students.

Since 30 students fit on a bus, Mrs. Smith will need to reserve

140 / 30 = <<140/30=4.67>>4.67 buses.

Since Mrs. Smith can't reserve a partial bus, she will need to reserve 5 buses for the trip.