math word problem help

Question

a Basketball team recently scored a total of 89 points on a combination of 2-point field goals, 3 field goals, and 1-point foul shots. Altogether,  the team made 47 baskets an 16 more 2-points than foul shots. How many shots of each kind were made?

 

How many 1-point foul shots?

 

How many 2-point foul shots

 

How many 3 point field goals did the team make?

Answer 1

Megan, I am just going to play with different totals, listing them in order, 1, 2, and 3.

 

5, 21, 21 = 5 + 42 + 63 = 110 points. That's 21 too many.

 

9, 25, 13 = 9 + 50 + 39 = 98. Getting closer.

 

12, 28, 7 = 12 + 56 + 21 = 89

 

So, 12 one-point foul shots, 28 two-point field goals and 7 three-point field goals.