Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season. That is 12 games more than the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season?
33 games
27 games
7 games
11 games
To solve this problem, we need to find the number of games Ahmadullah's basketball team played last season.
Let's assume the number of games they played last season is x.
We are given that they will play 21 games this season, which is 12 more games than they played last season. So, we can set up the following equation:
x + 12 = 21
To isolate x, we can subtract 12 from both sides of the equation:
x = 21 - 12
Simplifying the equation, we find:
x = 9
Therefore, Ahmadullah's basketball team played 9 games last season.
The correct answer is 9 games.
To solve the problem, we can set up an equation to represent the relationship between the number of games Ahmadullah's team played last season and the number of games they will play this season.
Let's assume the number of games the team played last season is x.
According to the given information, this season's total number of games is 21, which is 12 games more than the number of games last season. We can represent this relationship using the equation: x + 12 = 21.
To solve this equation for x, we can subtract 12 from both sides of the equation to isolate x: x = 21 - 12.
Simplifying the equation, we get: x = 9.
Therefore, Ahmadullah's basketball team played 9 games last season.
None of the given options (33 games, 27 games, 7 games, or 11 games) is correct.