There are 112 seats in the school auditorium. There are 7 seats in each row. There are 70 people seated, filling up full rows of seats. How many rows are empty?

We added and got 189 then divided by 3. But it doesn't look correct.
How do we show the work?

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
9 years ago

Why did you add?

Why did you divide by 3?

70 people are sitting.
They fill up full rows of seats
There are 7 seats in a row.

User Icon for Ali Ali answered
9 years ago

Then the answer is 10.

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
9 years ago

They fill up 10 rows.

But the question asks how many rows are empty.

Hint: How many rows are in the auditorium?

User Icon for Ali Ali answered
9 years ago

16 rows empty

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
9 years ago

Hmm -- there are 16 rows all together. 112/7 = 16

But 10 are already filled. How many are empty?

User Icon for Ali Ali answered
9 years ago

7 are empty.

however, the choices are
6
10
16
and 28

User Icon for Keilah Powers Keilah Powers answered
5 years ago

i think it is 6.

User Icon for Keilah Powers Keilah Powers answered
5 years ago

there are 6 empty rows

User Icon for Jeff Jeff answered
4 years ago

The answer is 7

User Icon for Grace Grace answered
4 years ago

112 divided by 7 = 16 10 rows are filled so 6 rows empty