Question

A building has 4 offices. There are 4 people in each of the offices. Each person has 4 chairs.

How many chairs are in the building?

Answer 1

To find the total number of chairs in the building, we can break it down into steps:

1. **Determine the number of offices**: There are 4 offices.
2. **Determine the number of people per office**: There are 4 people in each office.
3. **Determine the number of chairs per person**: Each person has 4 chairs.

Now, we can calculate the total number of chairs as follows:

- **Total people in the building**:
\[
\text{Total people} = \text{Number of offices} \times \text{Number of people per office} = 4 \times 4 = 16 \text{ people}
\]

- **Total chairs in the building**:
\[
\text{Total chairs} = \text{Total people} \times \text{Number of chairs per person} = 16 \times 4 = 64 \text{ chairs}
\]

Therefore, the total number of chairs in the building is **64**.