Question

The students were participating in the March past on the sports day$.$ They had arranged themselves in $5$ rows and in each row there were $\text{'}r\text{'}$ number of students$.$ Find the total number of students who participated in the event$.$

Answer 1

It is given that number of rows $=5$

and in each row there were $\text{'}r\text{'}$ number of students$.$

Total number of students $=$ number of rows $\times$ number of students participated in each row

$=$$5\times r$

Hence, the total number of participated students are $5r.$