a class of students is being arranged for a photo. when the class is arranged in rows of 6 students, one of the rows is one person short. when the class is arranged in rows of 7 students, one of the rows is still one person short. what is the least possible number of the students in the class?

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?