forty people are lined up to ride the ski lift to the top of the mountain. Each chair on the holds 3 people. How many chairs will it take to get everyone up the mountain?
40/3 = 13 + 1 remainder
That must mean that it will take 14 chairs.
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To find out how many chairs it will take to get everyone up the mountain, we need to divide the total number of riders by the number of people a chair can hold.
Step 1: Determine the total number of riders.
In this case, there are 40 people lined up to ride the ski lift.
Step 2: Determine the number of people a chair can hold.
The problem states that each chair can hold 3 people.
Step 3: Divide the total number of riders by the number of people a chair can hold.
Divide 40 (total number of riders) by 3 (number of people a chair can hold):
40 ÷ 3 = 13 R 1
The result is 13 with a remainder of 1. This means that 13 chairs will be filled with 3 riders each, and there will be 1 extra person left.
So, it will take 13 chairs to get 39 people up the mountain, and there will be 1 chair remaining to transport the last person.