Question

A basketball player averages 12.5 points per game. There are 24 games in a season. At this rate, how many points would the player score in an entire season?

Answer 1

you multiply 12.5 points a game by 24 games and get 300 points for a season

Answer 2

300 points

Explanation:

Given: Average points scored by a basketball player is 12.5 points. There are

24 games in a season.

To find: The points scored by the player in an entire season.

Solution: To find the points scored by the player in entire season we need to multiply the average points scored by the player in one game by the number of games played in the entire season.

It is given that the number games in the entire season is 24.

So, the number of points scored in the entire season

`=12.5 *24`

`=300`

Hence, the player will score 300 points in the entire season.