Maddy is in college for 8 semesters. She needs 120 credits to graduate. If each class is 3 credits, how many classes does she need to take per semester?
Let’s work this out in a step by step way to be sure we have the right answer.
5
120 credits / 3 credits is 40.

40 credits / 8 semester = 5 classes per semester.

Maddy needs to take 5 classes per semester.

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Thus, the answer is 5