438 people signed up for a city soccer league. the league places 15 people on each team. How many teams are there? A: Is This Division B: Is This Multiplication
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
438 people signed for city soccer league
15 people was placed on each team
Determine how many teams are there.
Solution:
In order to determine how many team are there, we divide the total number of people, by 15 since each team is consisted of 15 people.
= 438/15
= 29.2
We have an excess of.2, therefore we need to round the answer to the nearest whole number. In rounding numbers, it must be taken to note that if the number is greater than or equal to 5 then the succeeding number will be added by 1, hence if the number is less than 5, then the succeeding number will remain the same. 2 is less than 5, therefore the whole number will retain its value.
Final answer:
The total number of teams is 29, and the operation used to solve the number of team is division.