Question

Andrew plays on a basketball team. In two games he scored 2/5 of the total number of points his team scored. His team scored 55 points in the first game and 35 points in the second game. What was the number of points Andrew scored in these two games?

18
20
36
90

Answer 1

36

Explanation:

First we need the total number of points scored.

55+35= 90

Then we need to figure out how many points Andrew had.

2/5 of 90 points.

2/5 is .4 or 40%

So we multiply

90(.4) = 36

Answer 2

Andrew scored 36 points in two games