Question

Solve the problem.

Sections A - F of the football stadium each have 144 seats. There are as many rows
as there are seats in each row. Without dividing, how many seats were in each row?

Answer 1

To determine the number of seats in each row, we find the square root of 144, because the number of rows is equal to the number of seats per row. The square root of 144 is 12, implying that there are 12 seats in each row.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve the problem without dividing, we use the fact that there are as many rows as there are seats in each row. The number of seats in sections A - F of the football stadium is 144. Since there are as many rows as seats per row, we are looking for a number that when multiplied by itself equals 144. The square root of 144 is the number we're looking for, and that is 12. Therefore, there are 12 seats in each row and 12 rows.

Answer 2

There were 20 seats in each row