Question

During the school year, there were 315 total points scored between basketball, soccer, baseball, and football. The baseball team scored 55 points. The soccer team scored twice as much as the baseball team. The football team scored 0.5 more than 1.5 times as much as the baseball team. How many points did the basketball team score?

Answer 1

67.5p.

Explanation:

315p in total.

- Baseball has 55p.

- Soccer teams points = 55x2 = 110p.

- Football team points = 110 x 0.5 = 55 x 1.5 = 82.5p.

So then you just do 315p - 82.5p - 55p - 110p = 67.5p