the school auditorium has 8 rows of seats, divided in three rows. Each section has 15 seats. How many seats are there in total?

To find the total number of seats in the school auditorium, we need to multiply the number of rows by the number of seats in each row.

The auditorium has 8 rows of seats, divided into 3 sections. This means that there are 8/3 rows per section.

Let's calculate the number of seats in each section:

Number of seats in each section = Number of rows in each section × Number of seats in each row

The number of rows in each section is 8/3, and the number of seats in each row is 15.

Number of seats in each section = (8/3) × 15
= 40

Since there are 3 sections in total, we can find the total number of seats by multiplying the number of seats in each section by the number of sections:

Total number of seats = Number of seats in each section × Number of sections
= 40 × 3
= 120

Therefore, there are 120 seats in total in the school auditorium.