How Do I Solve Thee? Let Me Count The Ways!

Abstract

F ourth-grade teacher : I have a new problem. It comes from a test given to seventh graders, but I think you can figure out some way to solve it! Ready? “An army bus holds 36 soldiers. If 1128 soldiers are to be bused to their training site, how many buses are needed?” (NAEP 1983, 26)