There are 47 students in the marching band. There are 5 students in te first row, and the rest are in equal rows of 6. How many students are in each of the 6 rows?
47 - 5 = 42
42/6 = ?
To find the number of students in each of the 6 rows, we need to subtract the students in the first row from the total number of students in the marching band.
First, we know that there are 47 students in the marching band.
Next, we know that there are 5 students in the first row.
So, the remaining students are 47 - 5 = 42.
Now, to distribute these students equally into 6 rows, we divide the remaining students by the number of rows.
42 divided by 6 equals 7.
Therefore, each of the 6 rows will have 7 students.