A home team's score was 92 points. If you doubled the visiting team's score and subtracted 40, you would also have 92 points. What was the visiting team's score? (Guess and check or a table may work well here.)

66

142

33

71

Question

A home team's score was 92 points. If you doubled the visiting team's score and subtracted 40, you would also have 92 points. What was the visiting team's score? (Guess and check or a table may work well here.)
 
		
66
 		
142
 		
33
 		
71

anonymous · Answer

So for this problem, you have to work backwards.  You have to add 40 to 92, which would give you 132. Then half it, which would give you 66 points.