A restaurant has 8 small square tables. Each side of each table can seat one person. Carly wants to arrange the small tables to form one large rectangular table for party. She wants to arrange the tables so that the greatest number of people can sit at the large table. How should she arrange the eight small tables? Draw a picture to show your answer.
Carly should arrange the 8 small tables in a 2x4 rectangle shape, with 2 tables on each of the shorter sides and 4 tables on each of the longer sides. This arrangement allows for a total of 16 people to sit at the large rectangular table.
Here is a drawing to illustrate the arrangement:
```
+----+----+----+----+
| | | | |
+----+----+----+----+
| | | | |
+----+----+----+----+
```