Question

A school is planning a 4th grade field trip. There are 157 students and 9 teachers in the 4th gradeIf each bus holds 45 people, how many buses does the school need to make the field trip?Which of the following equations can be used to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Given:

A school is planning a 4th grade field trip. There are 157 students and 9 teachers in the 4th grade. Each bus holds 45 people.

Required:

To find the number of buses does the school need to make the field trip.

Final Answer:

There area total

$\begin{gathered} =157+9 \\ =166 \end{gathered}$

166 people.

Let the number of bus be x.

Each bus holds 45 people, therefore

$\begin{gathered} 45x=166 \\ x=\frac{166}{45} \\ x=3.68 \\ x\approx4 \end{gathered}$

Final Answer:

4 buses need to make the field trip.