A baseball team plays 162 games. If they win two out of every three games, how m any games did they lose?

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Abby:

 

They win two out of every three, means they lose one out of every three, that is  1/3.  Multiply 162 by 1/3. You get 54.  They lost 54 games.

 

Dr. G.