Question

a travel company has 132 tourists who are going on a boat ride. each boat holds 8 passengers. how many boats does the travel company need to book ?

Answer 1

132/8=16.5 boats
since you cant get 16.5 boats, round up to 17 boats.

Answer 2

ok so
total capacity that all boats ordered can carry should be at least 132
total capacity that all boats ordered can carry =number of boats times number of people each boat can carry

people each boat can caryy=8 people
x=numbe of boats
132=x times 8
divide both sides by 8
132/8=x times 8/8
16.5=1x
16.5=x
you can't order 0.5 boats so round up to nearest whole
16.5 to 17

answer is 17 boats