Question

Each cable car at an amusement park can hold 6 riders. There are 51 people in line to ride the cable cars.

Part A
How many cable cars will the people in line fill? Enter the answer in the box.

cable cars

Question 2
(1 point)
Part B
How many more people are needed to fill the next cable car? Enter the answer in the box.

people

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Answer 1

Part A: To find out how many cable cars will be filled, you divide the total number of people by the capacity of each cable car.

Number of cable cars filled = Total people / Capacity of each cable car
Number of cable cars filled = 51 / 6 = 8.5

Since you can't have half a cable car, you can fill 8 cable cars completely with a few people left over.

**Answer for Part A:** 8 cable cars

Part B: To find how many more people are needed to fill the next cable car, you can determine how many people are left after filling 8 cable cars.

People in 8 cable cars = 8 * 6 = 48 people
People left in line = 51 - 48 = 3 people

A cable car is needed to hold 6 people, so you subtract the number of people already in line from the capacity of the next cable car:

People needed to fill the next cable car = 6 - 3 = 3 people

**Answer for Part B:** 3 people