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?

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To find out how many students were on each bus, we first need to determine how many students traveled by bus.

If there were 449 students in total and 8 students traveled by car, then the number of students who rode the buses is:

\[ 449 - 8 = 441 \]

Next, we know that there were 9 buses filled with students. To find out how many students were on each bus, we divide the total number of students who traveled by bus by the number of buses:

\[ \text{Number of students on each bus} = \frac{441}{9} \]

Calculating this gives us:

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

Therefore, each bus had 49 students on it.