A school collected Rs 2304 as fees from its students.

Let S be the number of students.

Let r be the money donated by each student.

The total contribution can be expressed by (S)(r) = Rs 2304

Since each student paid as many paise as the number of students, then r = S. Substituting this in the first equation, we get:

S x S = 2304

S2 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3

S2 = (2 x 2) x (2 x 2) x (2 x 2) x (2 x 2) x (3 x 3)

S = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 48

So, there are 48 students in total in the school.