Lisa wrote this expression to describe the number of chairs that were set up in the meeting hall.

8 × r

Which situation could be described by this expression?

A.
Lisa knows there were a total of 8 chairs. She does not know how many rows there were.

B.
Lisa knows there were 8 seats in each row. She does not know how many rows there were.

C.
Lisa knows there were 8 rows altogether. She does not know how many seats were plastic.

D.
Lisa knows there were 8 seats altogether. She does not know how many seats were reserved.

Question

Lisa wrote this expression to describe the number of chairs that were set up in the meeting hall.
 
8 × r
 
Which situation could be described by this expression?
 
 A.
Lisa knows there were a total of 8 chairs. She does not know how many rows there were.
 
 B.
Lisa knows there were 8 seats in each row. She does not know how many rows there were.
 
 C.
Lisa knows there were 8 rows altogether. She does not know how many seats were plastic.
 
 D.
Lisa knows there were 8 seats altogether. She does not know how many seats were reserved.

rebeccaxhawaii · Answer

which one sounds best?

mysticfury · Answer

well D and A dont sound right, a meeting hall would only have 8 chairs! and B why would plastic chairs matter? and how would it fit into the equation? it wouldnt so therefore C is correct because 8 chairs x how ever many rows = the total number of chairs