Question

Will give Medal!Ronnie had a certain number of video games, v. One-third of those games were role-playing games. He bought twelve more role-playing games to reach a grand total of twenty-nine role-playing games.



What was the original number of video games Ronnie had?
34
51
48
17

Answer 1

before he bought the12 role playing games to get a total of 29, how many role playing games did he have?

Answer 2

put another way, what is \(29-12\) ?

Answer 3

17

Answer 4

ok good,
and that was one third of the games he started with

Answer 5

17 is one third of what number?

Answer 6

Sorry not good with fractions

Answer 7

lets put it another way then
what is \(3\times 17\) ?

Answer 8

51

Answer 9

ok that looks good

Answer 10

not sure what "not good with fractions" has to do with anything
one third of a number is the same as dividing an number by three
can't be that hard can it?

Answer 11

Thank you so much! I am working this on a tablet not fun.

Answer 12

True it just not easy for me and I thought it was fraction

Answer 13

fraction is just a number like any other

Answer 14

Can you answer another question?

Answer 15

depends on the question

Answer 16

OK

Answer 17

Cormac is making 27 phone calls each week as part of a fundraiser. Last week, he made 11 phone calls on weekdays. Which equation could be used to find x, the number of phone calls he made last week on weekend days?
x - 27 = 11
x + 27 = 11
27x = 11
11 + x = 27

Answer 18

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