SOLUTION: A school has 1200 students. Each student takes 5 classes a day. Each teacher teaches 4 classes. Each class has 30 students and 1 teacher. How many teachers does the school have?

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Question 255059: A school has 1200 students. Each student takes 5 classes a day. Each teacher teaches 4 classes. Each class has 30 students and 1 teacher. How many teachers does the school have?
Answer by Greenfinch(383) About Me  (Show Source):
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1200 students x 5 classes / day gives 6000 student classes / day.
Each teacher handles 4 classes with 30 students / day = 120 student classes/ day
So you need 6000/120 = 50 teachers