Question

A baseball team played 162 games and won 90.
a. What is the ratio of the number of games won to the number of games played?
b. For every nine games played, how many games were won?

Answer 1

Answer:

a

no of games won: no of games played

90:162

by simplifying

5:9

b 5 games.

Answer 2

The ratio of the number of games won to the number of games played is 5:9 and for every nine games played, 5 games were won.

Given : A baseball team played 162 games and won 90.

To find :

1. The ratio of the number of games won to the number of games played.
2. Number of games won for every nine games played.

Solution :

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process.

Now,

The ratio of number of games won to the number of games played :-

= Number of games won : Number of games played

= 90 : 162

= 45 : 81

= 5:9

Now,

For 162 games played the number of won games = 90

For 1 game played the number of won games = (90/162)

For 9 games played the number of won games = (90×9)/162 = 5

Hence, the ratio of the number of games won to the number of games played is 5:9 and for every nine games played, 5 games were won.