coolcookie coolcookie
  • 10-10-2014
  • Mathematics
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if a movie theater has 500 chairs and 3/4 have people sitting in them how many seats are filled

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i3clynn
i3clynn i3clynn
  • 10-10-2014
375 chairs
500 (.75) = 375
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jacobmoyers
jacobmoyers jacobmoyers
  • 10-10-2014
The way I do these kind of problems, just because it's easier to me unless I have a calculator.
500/5= 100. Get it to 100 and the fractions are less of a problem.
3/4 of 100 is 75. Now multiply 75 by 5, and you get 375.
375 of the chairs have people in them
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