A tour group with 44 people in it is getting rooms in a motel to stay in for the night. no more than 5 people can stay in each room. how many rooms will they need?

Hello!

Since we want to find out how many rooms will be needed for 44 people, we must use division.

44 : 5 = 8.8

Check by multiplying:

5 * 8 = 40

Because 40 is less than the amount of people (44), we'll need to multiply by the next number in line (9):

5 * 9 = 45 (1 extra person, no biggie!)

The tour group will need 9 rooms.