At the first stop after a school bus left school, 4 children got off the bus. one quarter of the reamining children got off the bus at the second stop and 10 children got off at the third stop. if there were still 14 children on the bus after the third stop, how many children were on the bus as it left the school?
A) 28
B ) 32
C )34
D 35
E) 36
i did 10-(1/4-(x-4))=14 but it didnt give me the answer : /
Work backwards.
14 on the bus at the end.
10 had gotten off, that’s 24 total.
1/4 of the kids got off, that means 24 was 3/4. So there were 32 kids on the bus.
4 got off, so there were originally 36.
charissa bought several packages of pencils from the collage bookstore. if each package contained either 5 or 12 pencils which of the following could not be the total number of oencils she bought?
A) 32
B ) 33
C ) 34
D ) 35
E ) 36
eliminate any answer that’s a multiple of 5 or 12, so choices d and e are out.
32 - 12 = 20, which is a multiple of 5. It’s out.
34 - 24 = 10, which is a multiple of 5, so it’s out.
28 is the answer.