Picture it like this! Imagine you're running an extraordinary and magical Soup Express, a unique train that only serves delicious soup. Now, this peculiar train only has 144 seats available for each journey, and the moment has come when a bustling crowd of 1990 hungry passengers are waiting eagerly at the platform to board the Soup Express.
So, how many trips must your Soup Express make to serve all the soup-loving travelers?
To find that out, you'll divide the total number of passengers by the number of seats available on your train. That's 1990 passengers divided by 144 seats, which gives you about 13.82 trips. But, oh, the Soup Express can't very well make .82 of a trip, now can it? Your train must make full trips! So, you'll need to round up because even if there is just one passenger left, your train must still make the journey.
So, it turns out your Soup Express will need to make 14 full trips!
Now, let's find out how many passengers will be riding the final journey of the Soup Express. It's like having the leftovers after a grand feast! You've already served 13 full train journeys, each carrying 144 passengers. That's 13 journeys times 144 passengers, which equals 1872 satisfied soup enthusiasts!
But remember, you started with 1990 hungry passengers. So, to find out how many are left for the final trip, subtract the number of passengers already served from the total. That's 1990 minus 1872, which equals 118 passengers.
So, there you have it! The Soup Express will make 14 marvelous soup-serving trips, and the final journey will have 118 content passengers sipping on their favorite soup as they ride off into the sunset!