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?

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2 October, 21:56

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?

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Alec Clarke · Answer 1

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.