Question

A Theater has 500 seats. Three fourths of the seats are filled how many seats are filled? (Show all steps you used to solve this problem)

Answer 1

The answer is 375

Explanation:

You divide 500 by four and then you get 125. And then after you want to multiply 125 by 3 the numerator and then you get 375. And the way you get four in the equation is when you divide the number by the denominator.

Answer 2

375.)

Explanation:

First, let's write the problem:

500/1 × 3/4

Now in these types of problems, you can simplify by using a trick.

Do you see how 500 and 4 are across each other? Since 500 is divisible by 4:

500 ÷ 4 = 125.

So now we have 125/1 × 3/1 which is a lot easier to work with.

125 × 3 = 375

1 × 1 = 1

375/1 or 375

Therefore, 375 seats are filled.