Noor brought 21 sheets of stickers. She gave 1/3 of a sheet to each of the 45 students at recess. She wants to give teachers 1 1/2 sheets each.

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Ione · Answer 1 · 2020-09-22T12:20:02+0000

Answer:

$t\leq 4\ teachers$

Explanation:

the question is

Which inequality describes the number of teachers, t, Noor could give the stickers to?

Let

t-------> the number of teachers

we know that

Noor gave 1/3 of a sheet to each of the 45 students at recess

so

the total number of sheets given to students equals to

$45*(1)/(3)=(45)/(3)=15\ sheets$

The remain sheets is equal to

$21-15=6\ sheets$

To find the maximum number of teachers divide the remain sheets by
1(1)/(2) sheets

remember that

1(1)/(2)=1.5

so

$6/1.5=4\ teachers$

therefore

the inequality is equal to

$t\leq 4\ teachers$