P6 / River Valley / 2019 / SA1 / Paper 2 – Q08 [3 marks]

Question:

In a function room, chairs were arranged in rows such that there were exactly 11 chairs in each row. After lunch, Pavan brought 6 more chairs into the room and rearranged all the chairs into exactly 8 chairs in each row. As a result there were 12 more rows than before. How many chairs were there in the function room before lunch?

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