Higher June 2018 Paper 3 Q14
14 There are 16 hockey teams in a league.
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams.
Work out the total number of matches played. (2)
| Answer | Mark | Mark scheme |
|---|---|---|
| 240 | M1 | for start to method to find total number of matches, eg \(16 \times 15\) or \(16^2 - 16\) or \(16 \times 15 \times 2\) (= 480) or \(\dfrac{16 \times 15}{2}\) (= 120) |
| A1 | cao |
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