There are 37 students in a class. Students go to science lab in groups that contain no more than 7 students. Make a model to show the fewest number of science lab groups that will need to be formed with these 37 students.

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Mathematics

6 January, 00:56

There are 37 students in a class. Students go to science lab in groups that contain no more than 7 students. Make a model to show the fewest number of science lab groups that will need to be formed with these 37 students.

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Makhi Kerr · Answer 1

The fewest number of lab groups you can make is 6 groups. 5 are with 7 students and the last one is with 2 students. You can easily divide 37/7 and find the answer. The model could be is making six circles and put 7 squares in 5 and 2 squares in 1.