Question

Maria won 60% of her chess matches. If she won 24 matches, how many matches did she play in?

Answer 1

Let x be the total number of chess matches that Maria played.

We know that Maria won 60% of her matches, which can be written as:

0.60x = 24

To solve for x, we can divide both sides by 0.60:

x = 24 ÷ 0.60

x = 40

Therefore, Maria played 40 chess matches in total.