A fire team is made up of four junior enlisted men and one noncommissioned officer as the team leader. A group of 64 privates fresh from basic training is to be divided into fire teams. How many team leaders will be needed?

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The number of privates in the group who have jast graduated from basic training divided by the number in each fire team gives you the number of fire teams and therefore the number of team leaders needed. 64-4=16 16 team leaders are needed, one for each position.

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