Have you ever wondered if they use math

in sports? They use math in a lot of sports.

For example in baseball, math is used to find
the batting average for the players. In
football they need math. The reason is
because they have to calculate the yards
they get to the touchdown. In basketball
they need math too. One of the ways they
use math in basketball is because they have
to find the average points a player scores a
game. In bowling they use math to find how
many points were scored in each frame.
Your best friend's batting average is
.250. Your sister's batting average is
.333. What do these numbers mean, and
how are they determined? A player's
batting average (B) gives the
percentage of hits the player makes
when he is at bat. It is found by dividing
the total number of hits made (h) by the
total times at bat (a):B = h/aSo if Joe
has 120 hits in the 300 times he is at
bat, his batting average is .400
(120/300).
Math is also used in football. A
football field is 100 yards long,
and is marked every 10 yards by
a line. The 50-yard line is in the
center of the field, and it divides
one team's side from the other.
To calculate distance across the
field, you simply calculate the
distance on both sides of the 50-
yard line. For example, if the
football was kicked from the
Cardinals' 25-yard line to the
Raiders' 40-yard line, how long
was the kick?
Math is also used for the wide
receiver. The receiver who catches
the pass is based on the number of
passes thrown to him and the
number of catches. This is also
based on the number yards he runs
after the catch and areas that he
catches the passes. These numbers
are all used to show how good the
player is doing through out the
The score board for a bowling game
has ten frames. During each frame,
the player gets two tries to knock
down all of the ten pins. The number
knocked down is recorded. It is very
simple to bowl. To find each players
score of each frame, you add up each
amount of pins that were knocked
down on each try. When you knock
down all of the pins, it is a strike
which is ten points.
 Here are some exiting games to play.
The first game will be a fill in the blank
game. The questions are going to be
based on what we learned through out
this presentation. The second game is a
word search. Hope you have fun=)
1. What is one of the most common sports that use

math?____________________

2. How can you find the batting average of a player

who hit the ball 80 times and got up to bat 150

times?______________

3. Name the four sports we spoke about today?

______________

4. If steve scored 40 points in one game and 25 points

in the next, what is his average scoring per game?

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BASEBALL
FOOTBALL
BOWLING
BASKETBALL
AVERAGE
BALL
FRAME
POINT
TUCHDOWN
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