In a football tournament, the Bees scored 9 less than three times as many points as the Hornets. The Wasps scored 28 more points
than the Hornets. Together the three teams scored 184 points. Let x represent the number of points scored by the Hornets. Hornets = x Bees = Wasps = Which equation represents this scenario?
You can multiply by 12 because to get rid of the fractions all terms should be divided by the LCM (ie the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by 2, 4 and 3)
Multiples of 3 = 3, 6, 9, 12
Multiples of 4 = 4, 8, 12, 16
Multiples of 2 = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Therefore the fractions should be multiplied by 12