Question

Last year, the Manor Rams football team won 75% of their games. If the Rams won 9 games last year, what is the total number of games the Rams played last year?

Answer 1

12 games

Explanation:

Given:

• Number of games won: 9
• Percentage of games won: 75%

Solve:

• Number of games played: x

Work:

75% can be written as 0.75

75% of x is 0.75 * x

• 0.75x = 9
• x = 9/0.75
• x = 12

They played 12 games

-Chetan K