Question

you are planning a scavenger hunt for 20 campers. You plan to have 5 teams.one camper for each team will be recorder and the rest will be searchers. How many searchers will each team have? Write an equation to solve

Answer 1

Total number of campers = 20

Total number of teams = 5

⇒ Number of campers in each team = Total number of campers ÷ Total number of teams

⇒ Number of campers in each team = 20 ÷ 5

⇒ Number of campers in each team = 4

Number of recorders in each team = 1

⇒ Number of searchers in each team = Number of campers in each team - Number of recorders in each team

⇒ Number of searchers in each team = 4  - 1

⇒ Number of searchers in each team = 3

Hence, there will be 3 searchers in each team

Answer 2

Total number of campers = 20

Since, there are 5 teams.

So, Number of campers in each team = $20 \div 5$ = 4

Since, one camper for each team will be recorder and the left ones are searchers.

So, total number of recorders = 5

Total number of searchers = 15

Now, we have to determine the number of searchers in each team.

Let 's' be the number of searchers in each team.

So, $5 \times s = 15$

$s = \frac{15}{5}$

s = 3

So, there are 3 searchers in each team.