A school Tours is taking a group of 32 students and 6 adults on a tour of historical sites in the city. Each School Tours van will hold 9 passengers. What is the least number of vans that are needed to take all of the students and adults?
My answer is 4?
nope. 4 vans will only hold 36 people. You have 38.
Is it 5?
you still guessing?
yes, it is 5.
Thanks
To find the least number of vans needed, you can divide the total number of passengers by the maximum number of passengers each van can hold.
In this case, you have 32 students and 6 adults, resulting in a total of 32 + 6 = 38 passengers.
Since each van can hold 9 passengers, you divide the total number of passengers (38) by the maximum number of passengers per van (9) to find the least number of vans needed.
Using long division, you get:
38 รท 9 = 4 remainder 2
This means that you can fit 4 full vans (each carrying 9 passengers) with 2 leftover passengers. Therefore, the least number of vans needed to accommodate all the students and adults is 4 vans. So your answer of 4 vans is correct.