Question

School guidelines require that there must be at least 2 chaperones for every 25 students going on a school trip. How many chaperones must there be for 53 students?


27 chaperones


5 chaperones


4 chaperones


2 chaperones

Answer 1

There must be at least 2 chaperones for every 25 students.

To determine the number of chaperones required for 53 students, divide 53 by 25.

53 ÷ 25 = 2 remainder 3

Since there is a remainder, it means that there will be more than 2 groups of 25 students. Therefore, we will need an additional 1 or 2 chaperones.

So, the correct answer is either 4 chaperones or 5 chaperones.