Asked by Ali

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?
Answered by Ms. Sue
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.

Answered by Ali
Then the answer is 10.
Answered by Ms. Sue
They fill up 10 rows.

But the question asks how many rows are empty.

Hint: How many rows are in the auditorium?

Answered by Ali
16 rows empty
Answered by Ms. Sue
Hmm -- there are 16 rows all together. 112/7 = 16

But 10 are already filled. How many are empty?

Answered by Ali
7 are empty.
however, the choices are
6
10
16
and 28
Answered by Keilah Powers
i think it is 6.
Answered by Keilah Powers
there are 6 empty rows
Answered by Jeff
The answer is 7
Answered by Grace
112 divided by 7 = 16 10 rows are filled so 6 rows empty
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