SOLUTION: simone has 16 players on their soccer team. there are 6 more boys than girls. how many boys and how many girls

This problem is solved by creating an equation.

We assign x to the number of girls on the team.

We assign x+6 to the number of boys on the team since there are 6 more boys than girls.



     16=x+x+6 

We combine like terms to get

      16=2x+6



 Then we solve by subtracting 6 from both sides.



     16-6=2x+6-6



To get:
       10=2x


finally we isolate x by dividing both sides by 2


Result


      5=x
There are 5 girls on the team.

And 5+6=11 makes 11 boys.