Answer:
8 buses
Explanation:
Find the total number of people going on the trip by adding the number of students and the number of chaperones:
Total number of people = Number of students + Number of chaperones
= 324 + 32
= 356
Divide the total number of people by the capacity of each bus to find the number of buses needed:
Number of buses needed = Total number of people / Bus capacity
= 356 / 48
≈ 7.42
Since we cannot have a fraction of a bus, we must round up to the nearest whole number, which means we need 8 buses.
The remainder of the division, 0.42, represents the fraction of a bus that would be needed to transport the remaining people if we had more than 8 buses available. In this case, since we do not have a fraction of a bus, we round up to the next whole number.