In baseball, batting average is calculated by using the number of hits divided by the number of at bats. If a baseball player has a batting average of .275 and has 80 at bats, how many hits has he made? Which property will you apply to find the solution?

Answer 1

To find the number of hits, we can multiply the batter's batting average by the number of at-bats.

Hence, the player has made 275 hits.

To find this result, we have applied the commutative property of multiplication.

Answer 2

In baseball, batting average is calculated by using the number of hits divided by the number of at bats. If a baseball player has a batting average of .275 and has 80 at bats, how many hits has he made? Which property will you apply to find the solution?
a. x=22 hits; multiplication property of equality
b. x=22 hits; division property of equality

Answer 3

To find the number of hits, we can multiply the batter's batting average by the number of at-bats.

Therefore, the player has made 22 hits.

To find this solution, we have applied the multiplication property of equality, not the division property of equality.