There are 235 seventh-grade students going on a field trip. The school has 5 buses to take the students. Each bus has 22 seats, and 2 students can sit in each seat. Based on this information, how many students will not be able to ride on a bus for the field trip?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
There are 235 seventh-grade students going on a field trip. The school has 5 buses to take the students. Each bus has 22 seats, and 2 students can sit in each sea
Determine how many students will not be able to ride the bus.
Solution:
Since we all know that there are 235 students, we must focus first on the capacity of each bus, or the number of passengers that each bus can carry. Each bus has 22 seats and each seat has the capacity for 2 people, therefore each bus has a total capacity of 44 students. Since we have 5 bus, then we multiply 44 by 5 to determine the total capacity.
= 5(44)
= 220 capacity
To know how many students cannot take the bus, we subtract 235 by 220.
= 235 - 220
= 15
Final answer:
15 students cannot take the bus.