There are 14 children in little league baseball team. Only 9 can play at a time. The baseball season has 42 games. The coach decided that each of the 14 children would play in the same number of complete games.In how many complete games will Howard, one of the 14 children, play?
number of spots for players over the season = 42 * 9 = 378
378/14 = 27 games for each player
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To find out how many complete games Howard will play, we need to divide the total number of games by the number of children on the team.
First, we calculate how many children can play at each game:
Total Number of Children / Number of Players at a Time = 14 children / 9 players = 1.55 (rounded to 2 decimal places)
Since we can't have a partial child playing, we'll round down to the nearest whole number.
So each game will have 1 child less in total, as there are 14 children and only 9 can play at a time.
Number of Children per Game = 14 children - 9 players = 5 children
Now, we divide the total number of games by the number of children per game to find the number of complete games each child will play:
Number of Games / Number of Children per Game = 42 games / 5 children = 8.4 (rounded to 1 decimal place)
Again, we round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, Howard will play in 8 complete games.
To find out how many complete games Howard will play, we need to divide the total number of games by the number of children on the team.
Since there are 14 children on the team and each of them will play an equal number of complete games, we can divide 42 (the total number of games) by 14 (the number of children) to get the number of games each child will play.
42 games / 14 children = 3 games per child
Therefore, each child will play 3 complete games. Since we know that Howard is one of the children, he will also play 3 complete games.