Question

The night school auditorium is able to seat 8 elementary school groups of 65 students each use the distributive property to determine how many students they can seat

Answer 1

They can seat 520 students.

Explanation:

Given:

The night school auditorium is able to seat 8 elementary school groups of 65 students each.

Now, use the distributive property to determine the number of students they can seat.

Total number of elementary school groups = 8.

Number of students in each group = 65.

So, using the distributive property to get the number of students they can seat:

`8(65)`

`=8(60+5)`

`=8* 60+8* 5`

`=480+40`

`=520.`

Therefore, they can seat 520 students.