Question

On Monday 316 students went on a trip to the zoo. All 6 buses were filled and 4 students had to travel in cars. write and evaluate an expression in terms of X to determine how many students were in each bus

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of students on each bus is;

$52$

And the expression is;

$6X+4=316$

Explanation:

Let X represent the number of students on each bus.

Assuming the buses were filled with the same number of students.

Given that all 6 buses were filled and 4 students had to travel in cars.

We can write the expression as;

$6X+4$

Equating to the total number of students;

$6X+4=316$

Solving for X;

$\begin{gathered} 6X+4=316 \\ 6X=316-4 \\ 6X=312 \\ \text{divide both sides by 6;} \\ \frac{6X}{6}=\frac{312}{6} \\ X=52 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the number of students on each bus is;

$52$