document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=247768>Question 247768</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is there a 3rd grade way to solve this equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "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 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the two teams together had 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one team had 8 \"extra\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you take away the extra (subtraction) you have 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "both teams have the same (without the \"extra\"), so each team has 4 (division by 2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the team with the \"extra\" has 8 more, or 12 </SPAN>\n" );
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