A group of 23 students is going on a canoe trip. There is going to be 3 teachers and 2 parents going. Each canoe can hold 3 people. How many canoes will they need

Answer: 10 canoes

Step-by-step explanation:

So, there is three teachers and two parents goingon the canoe trip along with twenty-three other students. Firstly, add the number of teachers and parents attending the trip, which totals out to be five, and then add the number of students going on the trip, which equals twenty-eight. Then, divide your answer, twenty-eight, by the number of people the canoes can hold, to get nine and three tenths. Finally, round nine and three tenths to the nearest benchmark, which is ten, to get how many canoes will be needed to give everyone a seat.

Step-by-step explanation:

23 students + 5 adults = 28 people

3 people per canoe

divide 3 into 28 = 9.3

you would need 10 canoes

If there were only 27 people then 9 canoes would have been fine because

9x3 = 27