SOLUTION: Is there a 3rd grade way to solve this equation? In a game of baseball one team gets 8 more points than the other. The total score is 16. what was each teams score? I say (x+8)+x=

Question 247768: Is there a 3rd grade way to solve this equation?
In a game of baseball one team gets 8 more points than the other. The total score is 16. what was each teams score? I say (x+8)+x=16 therefore x=4, other team get 12. I don't know if 3rd graders routinely know alegbra. how would they be told to solve this? Thanks
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
not sure about elementary school math (arithmetic)

the two teams together had 16

one team had 8 "extra"

if you take away the extra (subtraction) you have 8

both teams have the same (without the "extra"), so each team has 4 (division by 2)

the team with the "extra" has 8 more, or 12
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