Question

There are 272 students in a school and there are 7 classrooms in total. If one classroom has

8 students and the rest of the classrooms have the same number of students, how many
students are there in each of the remaining 6 classrooms? Write and solve a two-step
equation to answer the question.

Answer 1

6x + 8 = 272

44 students in each of the remaining 6 classrooms

Explanation:

There are 7 classrooms.

1 classroom has 8 students.

The remining 6 classrooms have the same number of students each.

Let the number of students in each of the 6 classrooms be x.

In all 6 classrooms combined, there are 6x students.

Now add the 8 students of the 7th classroom.

The total number of students in all 7 classrooms is 6x + 8.

We are told there are 272 students in total, so we get the following equation.

6x + 8 = 272

Now we solve the equation.

Subtract 8 from both sides.

6x + 8 - 8 = 272 - 8

6x = 264

Divide both sides by 6.

6x/6 = 264/6

x = 44

There are 44 students in each of the 6 classrooms.