There are 240 members in a marching band. for a competition, only 216 of the members will march in groups of 12. how many groups are in the competition?

Split the 216 in groups of 12 by dividing 216 by 12:

answer = 216/12

Divide 216 by 12 which gives you 18

Okay so n is going to represent our first number. since the second number of five times greater than n, the second number will be represented as 5n. for us to figure out the two  numbers we need to have  the value of n first. this is going to be done by adding the two numbers together, n and 5n. it can be simplified as 6n, which the problem states is equal to 72. divide 72 by 6n and you can solve for n.  n+5n=726n=72n=(72/6)n=12  now that we know the value of n, we have to multiply 5 times 12 which equals 60. so our two numbers/integers are 12 and 60