Question

Mr. Gonzalez's class of 33 students is planning a field trip. Each student is to bring $17.50 and the trip will cost 450.00. What is the least number of students necessary today for the trip?

Answer 1

26 students

Explanation:

We can find the minimum number of students needed for a trip by dividing the total cost for the trip by the amount of money each student will bring:

450 / 17.50 ≈ 25.7 ≈ 26 students

Note that we round up to 26 students here because it's not possible to have 0.7 of a person.