A radio station had 216 tickets to a concert. They gave away 5 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?
Let the number of tickets given to employees be x
According to the problem, listeners received 5 times as many tickets as employees, so the number of tickets given to listeners is 5x
The total number of tickets given away is x + 5x = 216
Simplifying, we get 6x = 216
Dividing both sides by 6, we get x = 36
Therefore, the radio station gave away 36 tickets to employees.