There are 256 students in this outstanding 7th grade class. How many scoops of ice cream would have to be used in each cone in order to make a different cone for each person?
How many different flavors are available?
There are two flavors; vanilla and chocolate.
To solve this problem, we need to find the number of unique cones that can be made with the given number of students.
Given:
Number of students = 256
To find the number of unique cones, we need to divide the total number of students by the number of scoops per cone.
Let's assume that each cone can have 'x' scoops of ice cream.
Therefore, the equation becomes:
x * Number of cones = Number of students
We need to solve for 'x' to find the number of scoops per cone.
Number of cones = Number of students
Number of cones = 256
Substituting this value in the equation, we get:
x * 256 = 256
Dividing both sides by 256:
x = 256 / 256
Simplifying:
x = 1
Therefore, each cone must contain 1 scoop of ice cream in order to make a different cone for each student in the 7th-grade class.