grade 6 math word problem

Question

if cn tower has 6 elevators..each elevator holds 18 people. 5400 people use a day. the  person maintaining inspects every 5 days....how many trips between inspections?

Answer 1

✨ Elevator Math for the CN Tower ✨

1. How many people fit in one elevator?
2. 👉 18 people
3. How many elevators are there?
4. 👉 6 elevators
5. How many people use them each day?
6. 👉 5,400 people

🧮 Step 1: How many trips do all the elevators make each day?

5400÷18=300 trips5400 \div 18 = 300 \text{ trips}5400÷18=300 tripsSo all elevators together = 300 trips every day.

🧮 Step 2: How many trips does one elevator make each day?

300÷6=50 trips300 \div 6 = 50 \text{ trips}300÷6=50 tripsSo one elevator = 50 trips a day.

🧮 Step 3: How many days between inspections?

👉 Every 5 days

🧮 Step 4: How many trips in 5 days?

50×5=250 trips50 \times 5 = 250 \text{ trips}50×5=250 tripsSo one elevator = 250 trips between inspections 🚀

✅ Final Answer for Briggite:

Each elevator makes 250 trips before it gets inspected again.

Answer 2

Hi Brigitte--

 

I'm going to leave a few blanks for you to fill in. :-)

 

Start by dividing the 5400 people by 6 elevators, which tells you that each elevator moves ____ people a day.

 

If each holds 18 people per trip, divide the ___ people by 18, and you get ___ trips per elevator per day.

 

If the inspector comes every 5 days, that's ___ trips x 5 days, which means ___ trips between inspections.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Matt in New York