Question

there are 6 players on the cougars hockey team. the team scored a total of 30 goals this season. one of the players, matthew, scored 2 more goals than the average per player.
how many goals did matthew score?
write your answer as an expression.

if there are a total of 12 players on the cougars hockey team, how many goals did the average player make?

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate the average goals per player

The total number of goals is \(30\) and the number of players is \(6\). The average number of goals per player is $\frac{30}{6}$.
$$\frac{30}{6}=5$$

Step2: Calculate Matthew's goals

Matthew scored \(2\) more goals than the average. So we add \(2\) to the average.
$$5 + 2$$

Answer:

\(7\) goals