Hi
I am hoping that someone can please help me.
Our schools spends hours every year calculating how many students should go in each class. We are given teachers on the ratio of students to teachers. Unfortunately, the students never fall evenly in the classes so we have to put some students from different grades together and form a composite class. Different grades have different numbers. It is preferable to have as fewer composites as possible
Kindergarten 20 - 1 teacher
Year 1 22 - 1 teacher
Year 2 24 - 1 teacher
Year 3 30 - 1 teacher
Year 4 30 - 1 teacher
Year 5 30 - 1 teacher
Year 6 30 - 1 teacher
This year we have students in these classes
Kindergarten 71
Year 1 89
Year 2 50
Year 3 62
Year 4 62
Year 5 70
Year 6 68
Is it possible to make a generator to calculate the numbers? It would be great to have the facility to regenerate the numbers if they don't look right the first or second time.
Would this be a difficult thing to do? Could anyone please set me on the right track to get started. I would be so grateful for any help that I could get. Would this type of number "cruncher" have a special name?
Thank you
I am hoping that someone can please help me.
Our schools spends hours every year calculating how many students should go in each class. We are given teachers on the ratio of students to teachers. Unfortunately, the students never fall evenly in the classes so we have to put some students from different grades together and form a composite class. Different grades have different numbers. It is preferable to have as fewer composites as possible
Kindergarten 20 - 1 teacher
Year 1 22 - 1 teacher
Year 2 24 - 1 teacher
Year 3 30 - 1 teacher
Year 4 30 - 1 teacher
Year 5 30 - 1 teacher
Year 6 30 - 1 teacher
This year we have students in these classes
Kindergarten 71
Year 1 89
Year 2 50
Year 3 62
Year 4 62
Year 5 70
Year 6 68
Is it possible to make a generator to calculate the numbers? It would be great to have the facility to regenerate the numbers if they don't look right the first or second time.
Would this be a difficult thing to do? Could anyone please set me on the right track to get started. I would be so grateful for any help that I could get. Would this type of number "cruncher" have a special name?
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