Question

Choose the equation that models the word problem. A football team won 33 games in the first three seasons. The team played a total of 48 games over the three seasons. How many games did they lose overall? Let g represent the number of games that the team did not win in the first three seasons. A. g – 33 = 48 B. g – 48 = 33 C. g + 33 = 48 D. 33g = 48

Answer 1

C. It should be equal to 48 because that is the total number of games. It should be +33 so you can subtract 33 from both sides to see how many games the football team lost.