Question

Choose the equation that models the problem.

Zach's baseball team won 32 games last season. They played a total of 45 games. How many games did they lose overall?

Let l represent the number of games that Zach's team lost.

A.
l – 32 = 45

B.
l + 32 = 45

C.
l + 45 = 32

D.
32l = 45

Answer 1

@JoannaBlackwelder

Answer 2

The total number of games = number of games won + number of games lost + number of games tied

Answer 3

Does that idea make sense?

Answer 4

yea

Answer 5

But since we aren't given any info about tied games we can cancel that term out. What does that leave us with?

Answer 6

algebra

Answer 7

Haha, I mean in the equation I gave earlier.

Answer 8

oh

Answer 9

If number of tied games is 0, then

Answer 10

# of games won and lost

Answer 11

Right, the equation becomes
Total games = number of games won + number of games lost

Answer 12

well if we subtract the games one from the total it will give is num of games lost

Answer 13

True, but the answers aren't solved for number of games lost. Let's just plug in the number we know for now.

Answer 14

ok

Answer 15

*answer choices

Answer 16

And how many total games did they play?

Answer 17

45

Answer 18

Cool, let's plug that in. Can you try?

Answer 19

b?

Answer 20

Yep, awesome!

Answer 21

i have one more

Answer 22

Sure, tag me :-)