Question

The football game was attended by 417 people, 22% more than last week. How many people attended last week’s game?

Answer 1

Find the 22% of the 417

.22 * 417 = 91.74

then subtract that from 417

417 - 91.47

325 (rounding)

Answer 2

Let

x--------> the number of people attended last week’s game

we know that

$22\% =\frac{22}{100} =0.22$

$(1+0.22)x=417 \\ 1.22x=417$

Solve for x

Divide by $1.22$ both sides

$x=417/1.22=342\ people$      

therefore

the answer is

The number of people attended last week’s game was $342\ people$