Question

5. During the season, the Rangers played 25 games. They won 14 of the games.
What fraction and percent of the games did they lose? Show your work in the
space below. Remember to check your solution.

Answer 1

to find the fraction of losses, we need to divide the total amount of losses by the total amount of games played.

if we know that the Rangers won 14 games but they played 25, we can write an equation to find the amount of games lost.

14 + n = 25, where n equals the amount of losses.

now we isolate by moving the 14 to the other side. to do this, we must subtract 14 from both sides, leaving us with n = 11. now we know they lost 11 games.

to find the fraction of lost games, all we need to do is divide 11 by 25 without completing the division. that leaves us with 11/25.

the Rangers lost 11/25 games during the season

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