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

Question

How many games did they play last season?

A. 33 games
B. 27 games
C. 7 games
D. 11 games

Answer 1

Let x be the number of games they played last season.
The problem states that Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season, which is 12 games more than 1/3 the number of games they played last season: 21 = (1/3)x + 12.
Subtracting 12 from both sides, we get: 9 = (1/3)x.
Multiplying both sides by 3, we get: 27 = x.
Therefore, the team played 27 games last season.
The answer is B. 27 games.