Question

A school auditorium has 966 seats in 42 equal rows. How many seats are in each row? Show work.

Answer 1

23

Explanation:

Take the number of seats and divide by the number of rows

966/42

divide top and bottom by 6 Both numbers are divisible by 6

161/7

divide top and bottom by 7 Both numbers are divisible by 7

23

The number of seats in each row is 23