Question

Jameson Middle School gives bottles of water to teachers and students who are going on a field trip. The school orders 500 bottles of water. They plan to give 35 bottles of water to teachers. They ordered at least 2 bottles of water for each student. How many students could be going on the field trip?

A, 465
B, 232
C, 535
D, 267

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. 232.

Explanation:

Since Jameson Middle School gives bottles of water to teachers and students who are going on a field trip, and the school orders 500 bottles of water and they plan to give 35 bottles of water to teachers, and they ordered at least 2 bottles of water for each student, to determine how many students could be going on the field trip, the following calculation must be performed:

(500 - 35) / 2 = X

465/2 = X

232.5 = X

Thus, the number of students that can go to the field trip is 232.