Question

The school bus has 18 rows of seats. There are 4 students in each row. Each student has 3 books to bring home. How many students are on the bus?

Answer 1

72

Explanation:

18 times 4 equals 72. If there are 4 students in EACH row out of all the 18, then there is 72 kids on the bus.

Answer 2

Explanation:

*The part about how many books per student is irrelevant to the question*

All you need to do is multiply 18 rows by 4 students per row.

18 * 4 = 72 total students on bus