Guess and Check

Each of these problems can be solved by "Guess and Check".
Each problem has a table of guesses you can fill in to solve the problem.
You don't need to use all the rows of the table if you don't need them!
(Note: Guess #1 is ALWAYS wrong!)

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1). Mr. Brown is a car salesman.
He sold twice as many used cars as new cars.
He sold a total of 51 cars.
How many NEW cars did he sell?





Answer: ________
GuessNew CarsUsed CarsTotal
1
10
20
30

2). A volleyball and net together cost $24.
The ball costs 3 times as much as the net.
How much does the net cost?





Answer: ________
GuessNet CostBall CostTotal
1
$2
$6
$8