Question

The fifth grade classes at Brookfield school used five identical buses to go on a field trip


1 there were a total of 40 seats on each bus

2 all of the seats on four buses were filled

3 The fifth Bus had 4/5 of the seats filled

4 1/8 of all the passengers on the buses were adults



How many adults went on the field trip with the 5th grade classes?

Answer 1

total no. of seats:

40×5=200

4 buses were filled- 40 × 4= 160

fifth bus was 4/5 filled- 32 seats

1/8 of total passengers is adults.

192 ÷ 8 = 24