Question

A football team has P points.

P = 3W + D
W is the number of wins.
D is the number of draws.
a) A team has 5 wins and 3 draws.
How many points does the team have?
b) After 35 games a different team has 50 points.
14 games were draws.
How many games has this team lost?

Answer 1

Team a
P=3(w)+D
P=3(5)+3
P=15+3
P=18

Second part
50=3(w)+14
-14 both sides
36=3(w)
÷3 both sides
12=w

To find how many matches they lost you would do
12+14=26
35-26=9