All students from 5 classrooms were grouped into 3 teams for a school field trip. The number of students in the classrooms was 24, 21, 27, 19, 13, and 15. Estimate the number of students on each team, rounded to the nearest 10.

Question

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Answer 1

To estimate the number of students on each team, we need to divide the total number of students in the classrooms by 3.

Total number of students = 24 + 21 + 27 + 19 + 13 + 15 = 119

Dividing 119 by 3, we get 39.66667. Rounding this to the nearest 10, we estimate that there are around 40 students on each team.