WBCS.LIVE practice question

Daily number of periods of teaching is 6 for class VI to VIII and 7 for class IX and X in a school. If no teacher can be assigned more than 5 period a day, what is the minimum number of teachers needed?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: 7

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: C) 7 šŸ“š Explanation: Class VI-VIII need 18 periods (3 x 6) and IX-X need 14 periods (2 x 7). The total number of periods per day in the school is 32. If each teacher can do max 5, then 32 / 5 equals 6.4. Therefore, a minimum of 7 teachers are needed to cover all the classes. This is a basic calculation of resource distribution.