A school has 825 students and 55 teachers. How many students are there per teacher?

1 Answer
Jan 22, 2017

There are #15# students per teacher in the school.

Explanation:

To find out the number of students per teacher, we must divide the number of students by the number of teachers.

We can do this in steps to make it simple.

#825/55#

Divide both terms by #5#.

#(165cancel825)/(11cancel55)#

Now divide both terms by #11#.

#(15cancel165)/(1cancel11)#

We are left with:

#15/1# which is the same as #15#.

Hence we have #15# students per teacher in the school.