Final answer:
To find out how many students are in each grade at an elementary school with 470 students, divide the total number of students by the number of grades.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find out how many students are in each grade, we need to divide the total number of students (470) by the number of grades (8). This assumes that each grade has an equal number of students.
Total students = 470
Number of grades = 8
Number of students in each grade = Total students / Number of grades
Number of students in each grade = 470 / 8 = 58.75
Since we cannot have a fraction of a student, we can round up or down. If we round down, each grade would have 58 students. If we round up, each grade would have 59 students.