Question

There are 42 students on a large bus and the rest are on a smaller bus. If 40% of the students are on the smaller bus how many total students are on the two buses?

Answer 1

There are 70 students on the two buses, 42 on the large and 28 on the smaller.

Explanation:

1. Let's review the information provided to us to answer the question correctly:

Number of students on the large bus = 42

Number of students on the small bus = 40% of the students

2. How many total students are on the two buses?

For answering the question, we will use the Rule of Three Simple, this way:

42 students are 60% of total students, how much students are the 100%?

Total students = 42 * 100/60

Total students = 4,200/60 = 70

There are 70 students on the two buses, 42 on the large and 28 on the smaller.