Question

A

The eighth-grade class has a total of 162 students. The students need to be
divided evenly into homerooms. There needs to be at least 20 students in
each homeroom. List all the possible combinations. Which combination
makes the most sense? Explain.

Answer 1

56

Explanation:

Answer 2

162/20 Would be your answer, however, it wouldn't make sense as you can not switch students into decimals. Therefore, you could make 7 classes of 20, and one of 22, and 6 classes of 20, and two of 21. Therefore, there are two combinations that are possible.

Explanation:

Refer to the answer.