Question

Lisa has played in six soccer matches. her brother Josh has played 18 soccer matches. Lisa says josh has played in 12 times as many matches as she has.

Answer 1

Josh has played in 3 times as many as Lisa has.

Explanation:

She mixed up multiplication and addition.

6+12=18

6*3=18

Answer 2

D0wn Bell0w

Lisa has played 3x more soccer matches than JOsh

Lisa found that number when added to 6 is equal to 18. Instead Lisa should have used the equation 6x3 = 18 to find the correct answer. Josh has played in 3x as many soccer matches that Lisa.