Opposite for as much as possible

Question

what's the opposite for the phrase

Students try to do as much as possible

can i say

Students try to do as less as possible ?

Answer 1

In that context, the antonym of much is little, or it might be better to say that the antonym of as much as is as little as.

Students try to do as little as possible.

Alternative formulations include "students try to do the minimum".