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. How many games did they play last season?

Question

33 games, 7 games, 27 games, 11 games

Answer 1

Let $x$ be the number of games Ahmadullah's basketball team played last season.

According to the problem, this season they will play 21 games, which is 12 games more than $\frac{1}{3}$ of the number of games they played last season. We can write this as an equation:

$$21=\frac{1}{3}x+12$$

Next, subtract 12 from both sides of the equation to get:

$$21-12=\frac{1}{3}x$$

$$9=\frac{1}{3}x$$

Now, to solve for $x$, multiply both sides by 3:

$$x=9\times 3$$

$$x=27$$

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