Question

The New York Rangers hockey team won 3/4 Of their games last season. If they lost 21 games, how many games did they play in the entire season?

Answer 1

We know that the won 3/4. So that means that the remaining 1/4 is the games lost, which is 21.
To find the total games played, we simply multiply 21 by 4 to get 4/4, or the total games.
$21 \times 4 = 84$