Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah basketball team will play 21 games this season. That is 12 games more than 1/3 the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season?

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Let's denote the number of games Ahmadullah's basketball team played last season as \( x \).

According to the information given, the number of games they are playing this season (21 games) is 12 games more than one-third of the number of games they played last season. We can set up the equation based on this information:

\[ 21 = \frac{1}{3}x + 12 \]

To solve for \( x \), we first isolate \(\frac{1}{3}x\):

\[ 21 - 12 = \frac{1}{3}x \]

This simplifies to:

\[ 9 = \frac{1}{3}x \]

Next, we multiply both sides of the equation by 3 to eliminate the fraction:

\[ 9 \times 3 = x \]

This results in:

\[ x = 27 \]

Thus, the number of games Ahmadullah's basketball team played last season is \( \boxed{27} \).

To verify, we can check if 21 is indeed 12 more than one-third of 27:

Calculating one-third of 27:

\[ \frac{1}{3} \times 27 = 9 \]

Now adding 12 to this result:

\[ 9 + 12 = 21 \]

Since this checks out, the solution is confirmed. The team played 27 games last season.

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Based on the problem you provided earlier, the correct answer is 27 games.

This is because we determined that the Ahmadullah basketball team played 27 games last season based on the information that they are playing 21 games this season, which is 12 games more than one-third of the number of games they played last season. The calculation confirms that the number of games played last season is indeed 27.