Question

Ryan's team won 2 games and scored 27 points in the first game and 24 in the second game. They lost a game 40 to 18. What was the total number of points the team scored in the winning game?

Answer 1

is it 27+24+18=69?

Answer 2

hard to say. They scored 69 pts in all three games.

They ask about "the winning game". There were two of them.

Assuming they meant "the winning games" then they scored 27+24=51 pts. The score in the losing game is irrelevant.