Question

School guidelines require that there must be at least 2 chaperones for every 25 students going on a school trip. How many chaperones must there be for 53 students?
a. 4 chaperones
b. 5 chaperones
c. 27 chaperones
d. 2 chaperones

Answer 1

The first 25 students require 2 chaperones.
The next 25 students require 2 chaperones.
The remaining 3 students require 1 chaperone.

For 53 students, there must be ...
  b. 5 chaperones