During the 1998-1999 Little League season, the Tigers played 47 games. They won 11 more games than they lost. How many games did they win that season?

1 Answer
Apr 14, 2018

29 times

Explanation:

We'll turn this word problem into some equations so that we can solve it easier.

There were two types of games the Tigers played: winning games and losing games. I'm going to give "wins" the variable w and "losses" the variable l.

Since they played a total of 47 games, of which they lost some and won others, we can make this equation:

w + l = 47

It says that they "won 11 more games than they lost" or:

l = w - 11 (their losses where 11 less than their wins)

We can substitute that second equation into the first one:

w + l = 47

w + (w - 11) = 47

w + w - 11 = 47

2w - 11 = 47

2w = 58

w = 29

So the Tigers won 29 times.