Question

In an ice hockey tournament, 66 teams participated, and each ice hockey team had 33 players.
In a baseball tournament, 22 teams participated, and each baseball team had 44 players.

Which tournament had more players participating in it?

• A. Ice hockey
• B. Baseball
• C. Both of them had equal number of players.
• D. Cannot be determined

Answer 1

The correct option is A Ice hockey

For ice hockey tournament:

Number of teams particiapting = 66
Number of players in each team = 33

$\text{∴ Total number of players}=66\times 33$

Writing the numbers and right-aligning them, we get:


For baseball tournament:

Number of teams particiapting = 22
Number of players in each team = 44

$\text{∴ Total number of players}=22\times 44$

Writing the numbers and right-aligning them, we get:


So, we observe: