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Carly is a catcher on the school football team. By the end of the season, she had played 45% of the 40 games the team played. In how many games did Carly not play?

A 24
B 22
C 20
D 18

6th Grade Math

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Plz explain how you found the answer!

Thank You!!

Respuesta :

kaoook12
she did not play 22 games

TooNashty
Carly did not play in 22 games.

We can multiply .45 x 40 to find how many games Carly played in
.45 x 40 = 18

Since we want to know how many games she missed, we need to subtract 18 from 40

40 - 18 = 22