A school is preparing a field trip for its 450 students and teachers, utilizing its school buses for transportation. But the school only has 3 buses, each of which can carry up to 68 people. So the school is borrowing buses from a nearby school that operates smaller 42- seats buses. At least how many small buses should the school borrow?
6.62
5.85
5
6
+2151
A school is preparing a field trip for its 450 students and teachers, utilizing its school buses for transportation. But the school only has 3 buses, each of which can carry up to 68 people. So the school is borrowing buses from a nearby school that operates smaller 42- seats buses. At least how many small buses should the school borrow?
6.62
5.85
5
6
450 – (3)(68) = 450 – 204 = 246
246 / 42 = 5.857
You can't have 0.857 of a bus, so the answer should be 6.
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