Question

There are 44 students going to see a movie. Each row

holds 8 people. How many rows do they fill up?
Make a drawing for this problem that would explain
your answer to someone else.

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we need to divide the total number of students by the number of people that can sit in each row.

44 students ÷ 8 people per row = 5.5 rows

Since we cannot have half a row, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, they will fill up 6 rows in the movie theater.

Here's a simple drawing that explains the solution:

Row 1: 8 students

Row 2: 8 students

Row 3: 8 students

Row 4: 8 students

Row 5: 8 students

Row 6: 4 students

The first five rows are full with 8 students each, and the sixth row has the remaining 4 students. Therefore, a total of 6 rows will be filled with students.