THE NUMBER OF BUSES NEEDED TO TRAVEL SUPPORTERS OF BURTON CITY FOOTBALL TEAM
Burton City is a
football team.
Mathematics
Cambridge IGCSE Test (0580 m16 qp 32)
Burton City has 1732 supporters who
want to travel to the next game.
The football club hires some buses.
Each bus seats 52 supporters.
(i) Work out the number of buses
needed to take these supporters to the game.
Answer:
The number of buses needed
are 1732/52 = 33.307
So the exact number of buses are
at least 34 buses.
(ii) The cost of the buses will be
shared equally amongst these supporters.
Each bus costs $198 to hire.
Work out the amount that each
supporter must pay.
Give your answer correct to the
nearest 10 cents.
Answer:
The amount that each supporter
must pay is
(198 x 34)/1732
The answer will be $3.90 or
$3
and 90 cents.
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SIMILAR QUESTION (EXAMPLE QUESTION ONLY)
R United is a
football club.
2976 supporters of R United football club want to travel to the next stadion.
The football club rent some caravans.
Each caravan seats 56 supporters.
(i) How many number of caravans
needed to travel these supporters to the next stadion.
Answer:
The number of caravans needed
are 2976/56 = 53.1428
So the exact number of caravans
are at least 53 caravans.
(i)
The supporters must pay equally all the
cost of caravans
Each caravan costs $189 to rent.
Calculate the nominal amount
that each supporter must pay.
Give your answer correct to the
nearest 10 cents.
Answer:
The amount that each supporter
must pay is
($198 x 53 caravans)/ 2976 supporters
The answer will be $3.53 or
$3
and 53 cents for each supporter must pay
all caravans.