Question

Each year, the school has a goal to have a third as many students in remedial mathematics courses as the year before. Currently the school has 1,200 students in remedial math. Approximately how many students will be enrolled in four years?

(a) 44 (b)15 (c) 32,400 (d) 1

Answer 1

44 students

Explanation:

1200 for the first year

a third of that is 400

400 for the second year

a third of that is 133.4

133.4 for the third year

a third of that is 44