Question

Your local varsity basketball team offers bus transportation for a playoff game. Each bus holds 56 people. A total of 328 people sign up. All buses are full except for the last bus. How many buses are used

Answer 1

Answer:

6 buses are used.

There are 48 people in the last bus.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is incomplete, so the complete question is below:

Your local varsity basketball team offers bus transportation for a playoff game. Each bus holds $56$ people. A total of $328$ people sign up. All buses are full except for the last bus. How many buses are used? How many people are in the last bus?

Now, to find the number of buses used and the number of people in the last bus.

Total number of people signed up = 328.

Number of people each bus holds = 56.

According to question, all buses are full except for the last bus.

Now, to get the total number of buses and the people in the last bus we divide total number of people signed up by number of people each bus holds:

$328\div 56\\\\=5\frac{48}{328} .$

So, when dividing 328 by 56 we get 5 as the quotient and 48 as the remainder.

Thus, there are 6 buses which are used. As in 5 buses all 56 people are there so they are full and the last bus remains with 48 people which is not full.

Therefore, 6 buses are used.

There are 48 people in the last bus.