Question

A major stadium has 45,000 seats. If baseball fans have bought 5/8 of the seats for the next game, how many seats are available?

Answer 1

First turn 5/8 into a decimal
Which is 1.6
Now divide

Answer 2

1.6 divided by 45,000 is 28125

Answer 3

Now subtract that number by 45000

Answer 4

45000-28125= 16875 seats were left