Question

Before hosting their annual Chess Tournament and Spelling Bee, a school received 7 boxes of honorary medals: one medal for every participant. After the Chess Tournament, two boxes were empty and the rest were still closed. After the Spelling Bee, which had twice as many participants, there were 72 medals left. How many people competed in the Chess Tournament?

Answer 1

144 people competed in the Chess Tournament

Explanation:

So as you can see, after the Chess Tournament took place, two boxes were empty, the rest closed. That would mean that there were 2 boxes of medals that were given out to honor the participants in the chess tournament. The spelling bee had twice as many participants, and hence used 2
`*` 2 = 4 boxes. The remaining box had to have 72 medals in it, as it was the remaining amount of medals.

After the Chess Tournament, 2 boxes were given out, and we can assume they contained 72 medals in them. Therefore, the number of medals given after the chess tournament would be 2
`*` 71 = 144 medals. Each medal corresponds to a participant, so the number of chess tournament participants would also be 144, 144 participants.