On Monday, 449 students went on a trip to the zoo. All 9 buses were filled and 8 students had to travel in cars. How many students were on each bus?

Question

x =
students

Answer 1

To find the number of students on each bus, we can start by calculating how many students were actually transported by the buses.

Since 8 students had to travel in cars, we can find the number of students that were on the buses by subtracting these 8 students from the total number of students:

\[ 449 - 8 = 441 \]

Now that we know 441 students were on the buses, we can divide that by the number of buses (which is 9) to find the number of students per bus:

\[ \frac{441}{9} = 49 \]

Thus, the number of students on each bus is:

\[ x = 49 \]

So, the answer is: \[ x = 49 \text{ students} \]