Give the step-by-step reasoning process and then the final answer. George's bowling team is one round away from breaking the league record for most points scored in a season. The old record is an average score per player of 287 per round. Each team has 4 players and there are 10 rounds in the season. Through the first 9 rounds, his team has scored a total of 10,440. How many points less than the current league record per game average is the minimum average they need to score, per player, in the final round to tie the league record?
The old team per round record is 1,148 because 287 x 4 = 1,148. The team season record is 11,480 because 10 x 1,248 = 11,480. They need 1,040 points in the final round to tie the record because 11,480 - 10,440 = 1,040. They need to average 260 points each because 1,040 / 4 = 260. This is 27 points less than the current record average because 287 - 260 = 27.
The final answer: 27.