A netball team won three more than three times the number of games it lost. If the team played 60 games and drew in nine of them, how many games did the team lose?
39
If team won x games, then we have: x+(3x+3)=60-9 4x=48 x=12- won, 39- lost
A mixed doubles tennis game is to be played between two teams (each team consists of one male and one female). There are four married couples. No team is to consist of a husband and his wife.
What is the maximum number of games that can be played?
One number is 28 more than three times another number. Each number were multiplied by four, their difference would be 232. What are the numbers?
If the number of boys in the class is 8 more than the number of girls in the class, which is five times the difference between the number of girls and boys in the class. How many boys are there in the class?
