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4. Child care Serena wants to open a licensed child care center. Her state requires there be no more than 12 children for each teacher. She would like her child care center to serve 40 children.

1. How many teachers will be needed? 4
2. Why must the answer be a whole number?
3. Why shouldn’t you round the answer the usual way, by choosing the whole number closest to the exact answer?

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Answer:

People can not be in fractions

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