Question

A baseball team played 32 games and lost 8. Katy was a catcher in 5/8 of the winning game and 1/4 of the losing games. In how many games did Katy play catcher?

Answer 1

32 - 8 = 24. This means that there were 24 winning games and 8 losing games.

24 multiplied by 5/8 = 15. Katy was a catcher in 15 of the winning games.

8 multiplied by 1/4 = 2. Katy was a catcher in 2 of the losing games.

In total, Katy was a catcher in 17 of the games.

Answer 2

Katy’s team won 24 games and lost 8 as 32 minus 8 is 24.
Katy was a catcher in 20 of their winning games as 8 times 4 is 32 and 5 times 4 is 20.
Katy was a catcher in 8 of the losing games.
In total, Katy played catcher in 28 of her teams games.