2. Twenty-four fourth graders are going on a field trip to the Academy of Science. They need to form 3 groups of students for the tour guides. How many students will be in each group? Show how you found your answer.

8persons/group

Step-by-step explanation:

Give parameters:

Number fourth graders = 24

Number of groups  = 3 groups

Unknown:

Number of students in each group = ?

Solution:

Solving this problem involves finding the number of persons per group.

 Number of persons per group =  

  Insert the parameters and solve;

 Number of persons per group  =   = 8persons/group

the answer is 288..

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