Question

The Tigers played the Wolves in the final game of the state high school basketball championship. Their points by quarter are shown below in a table and a bar graph.

A. In which quarters did the Tigers outscore the Wolves?




B. In which quarter did the Tigers most outscore the Wolves?




C. By how much did the Tigers outscore the Wolves in the quarter from Part B?




D. Who won the game and by how many points?

Answer 1

A) quarters 2 and 4

B) quarter 4

C) 5 points

D) Wolves by 4 points

Explanation:

A) according to the graph and table, the answer is quarters 2 and 4

B) quarter 4 has the greatest difference between the quarterly totals

C) subtract to get 5 points

D) add all quarters for Tigers (86) and then do the same for Wolves (90) and you can see that the Wolves won the game by 4 points

Answer 2

A. In which quarters did the Tigers outscore the Wolves?

Quarters 2 and 4

B. In which quarter did the Tigers most outscore the Wolves?

Quarter 4

C. By how much did the Tigers outscore the Wolves in the quarter from Part B?

The Tiger outscored the wolves by 5 points in Quarter 4.

D. Who won the game and by how many points?

Tigers: 18+25+24+29 = 96 points

Wolves: 20+22+24+24 = 90 points

The Tigers won the game by 6 points