A bus holds 32 passengers. 150 people want to go on a bus trip. How many buses are needed? And how many empty seats are there?
This was really helpful I was struggling a bit, It was also helpful for my maths homework.
To determine the number of buses needed, we can divide the total number of people (150) by the passenger capacity of each bus (32). The quotient of this division will give us the number of buses needed:
Number of buses = Total number of people ÷ Passenger capacity of each bus
Number of buses = 150 ÷ 32
To calculate this, divide 150 by 32:
Number of buses ≈ 4.69 (rounded up to the nearest whole number)
Therefore, approximately 5 buses are needed to accommodate 150 people.
To find out the number of empty seats, multiply the number of buses by the passenger capacity of each bus and subtract it from the total number of people:
Number of empty seats = (Number of buses × Passenger capacity of each bus) - Total number of people
Number of empty seats = (5 × 32) - 150
Multiply 5 by 32:
Number of empty seats = 160 - 150
Subtract 150 from 160:
Number of empty seats = 10
Therefore, there are 10 empty seats across the 5 buses.
4.6875 buses are needed
but that does not work out very well, so we will need between 4 and 5
which means five if we are to take everyone because four buses only hold 4*32 = 128 people
However five buses hold
5*32 = 160 so we will have
160 - 150 = ten seats empty