Question

For the state fair next month, 132 people volunteered to plan the fair's activities. The volunteers formed 12 equal groups. How many volunteers were in each group?

Answer 1

There are 11 volunteers in each group

Solution:

Given that,

Number of volunteers to plan the fair activities = 132

Also it is mentioned that volunteers formed 12 equal groups

To find: Number of volunteers in each group

The number of volunteers in each group can be calculated by dividing the total number of volunteers by number of equal groups formed

Hence we can frame a formula as,

`\text { Number of volunteers in each group }=\frac{\text { total number of volunters }}{\text { number of groups formed }}`

Plugging in known values in given formula, we get

`\text { Number of volunteers in each group }=\frac{132 \text { volunteers }}{12 \text { groups }}`

`=(132)/(12)=11`

Hence, there are 11 volunteers in each group.