Question

In a basketball game, Alana scores twice as many points as Taylor. Taylor scores four points fewer than Nancy, and Nancy scores three

times as many points as Molly. If Molly scores 6 points, how many points did Alana score?
Determine your answer by first determining how many points each other player scored:
1. Nancy scores
2. Taylor sco res
3. Alana scores
points.
points.
points.

Answer 1

Let's break down the information step by step to determine the number of points each player scored:

1. Molly scores 6 points.
2. Nancy scores three times as many points as Molly, so Nancy scores 3 * 6 = 18 points.
3. Taylor scores four points fewer than Nancy, so Taylor scores 18 - 4 = 14 points.
4. Alana scores twice as many points as Taylor, so Alana scores 2 * 14 = 28 points.

Therefore, Alana scored 28 points in the basketball game.