Question

At an amusement park, only 17 people are allowed on a ride at the

same time. There are 157 people waiting in line. How many groups
of riders will there be?
Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer: 9 groups of riders.

Explanation:

To find out how many groups of riders there will be, you need to divide the total number of people waiting in line by the maximum number of people allowed on the ride at one time.

157 (total people in line) ÷ 17 (people allowed per ride) = 9.235 (groups of riders)

Because you can't have a fraction of a group, you need to round down to get the whole number of groups.

So the answer is 9 groups of riders.

Answer 2

To find out how many groups of riders there will be, we need to divide the total number of people waiting in line (157) by the maximum number of people allowed on the ride at one time (17).

157 people / 17 people/group = 9.235 groups (approx)

But since the groups must be in whole numbers, we have to round up the value 9.235 groups to the next whole number, which is 10 groups.

So, the number of groups of riders will be 10.