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?

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Lexi

16 January, 07:45

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?

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Lamont Montes · 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