Question

A football team played 27 games and won 2/3 of them. How many games did the team win? How many games did the team lose?
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Answer 1

`of` is like `times`

27 x 2/3 =

Answer 2

if they won 2/3 then they lost 1/3
multiply 27 by 1/3 and you get 9
they lost 9 games

Answer 3

so I times 27x2/3

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

yeah 27 x 2/3 will give you the amount of games won

Answer 6

can I change 2/3 to a decimal or 27 to a fraction ?

Answer 7

dont do that

multiply 27 by 2 and divide that by three

Answer 8

no you can just multiply it out
(27/1)(2/3)

Answer 9

ok

Answer 10

or divide 27 by 3, then multiply that by two

Answer 11

18 is what I got is that how many they won

Answer 12

right

Answer 13

and they lost 9 games

Answer 14

we cant know exactly how many game they lost because there could have been a draw,

so the correct answer for the number of games lost is ≤ [games won] x (1-2/3)

Answer 15

ok

Answer 16

yeah so number of games lost is ≤ 9

Answer 17

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