SOLUTION: There are 64 teams in the March Madness basketball tournament.By the time its finish how many total number of games will have been played ?
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Question 1073666: There are 64 teams in the March Madness basketball tournament.By the time its finish how many total number of games will have been played ? Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Each game requires two teams, so at each level you divide by 2. Thus:
64:32
32:16
16:8
8:4
4:2
2:1
32+16+8+4+2+1=63 total games played in the tournament. ☺☺☺☺
