Question

Six groups of students sell 162 balloons at the school carnival. There are 3 students in each group. If each student sells the same number of ballons, how many balloons does each student sell?

Answer 1

Each student sell $\boxed{9{\text{ balloons}}}.$

Further Explanation:

Given:

Six groups of students sell 162 balloons at the school carnival.

There are 3 students in each group.

Each student sells the same number of balloons.

Explanation:

There are 162 balloons that are sold.

There are six groups and each group contains 3 students.

The total number of students in all six groups can be obtained as follows,

$\begin{aligned}{\text{Number of students}} &= 3 \times 6\\&= 18 \\\end{aligned}$

Number of balloon each student sell can be obtained as follows,

$\begin{aligned}{\text{Number of balloon}}&= \frac{{162}}{{18}}\\&= 9\\\end{aligned}$

Each student sell $\boxed{9{\text{ balloons}}}.$

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Mathematics

Chapter: Number System

Keywords: six groups, groups, students, sell, six, 162 balloons, school, carnival, 3 students, each group, school carnival, same, number of balloons,  student sell, many balloons, 3 students in a group.

Answer 2

162/6=27
27/3=9

9 balloons per student~!