Question

Mike’s soccer team won 3/4 of its games. The team won 18 games. How many games did the team play?

A. Write an equation to model the above situation


B. Solve the equation

Answer 1

Mike’s soccer team won 3/4 of its games. The team won 18 games. How many games did the team play? Let n be the # of games played. Then (3/4)n = 18. We must solve for n. Mult. both sides of this equation by (4/3).

This results in (12/12)n = 1n = n = 24.

Answer 2

A: 18 divided by 3/4

B:13-14 games. Hope this helped!