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

Answer:

They can seat 520 students.

Step-by-step 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:

  $8(65)$

$=8(60+5)$

$=8\times 60+8\times 5$

$=480+40$

$=520.$

Therefore, they can seat 520 students.