Question

A meeting room has 60 chairs. There are 5 chairs at each table. How many tables are in the room?

Answer 1

It’s 12 tables , divide 60 by 5 which gives you 12

Answer 2

12 Tables.

Explanation:

There are many ways you can solve this with, here is the simplest.

Lets make it as a statement, IF 1 table has 5 chairs THEN how many X tables have 60 chairs.

Make it simplier:

1 Table = 5 Chairs

X Tables = 60 Chairs

using the cross multiplication method you will get

5X = 60

Divide by 5

X = 12

Which means that the room has 12 tables.