Question

The mayor of melvins town choose 160 students form his school to attend a city debate. This amount is no more than 1/4 of the students in melvins school. What is the least possible number of student that attended melvins school

Answer 1

Answer: 640 students.

Step-by-step explanation:

given data:

number of student chosen to attend by the mayor = 160

amount this student represents of the total population = $\frac{1}{4}$

solution:

since $\frac{1}{4}$ was chosen which is 160 this means that $\frac{1}{4} is \geq 160$

therefore;

$\frac{1}{4} = 160$

multiply both sides by 4

$\frac{1}{4} . 4 = 160 .4\\= 640$

the least number of students that attend melvins school is 640.