Ball Game Math

by Katie Marsico

Overview

Math is everywhere in sports! See who's scoring inside this book—and how we need math to finish the game! You'll need your math smarts to calculate scores and statistics, plan season schedules, measure distances, choose the right size equipment, and more. It all adds up to a lot of fun!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541508293
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	Math Everywhere!
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	14 MB
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Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

Table of Contents

Distance around the Diamond 4

Which Ball Works Better? 6

The Length of a Lap 8

Take Two! 10

On the Field Full-Time 12

How Many Face-Offs? 14

Fast Friends 16

How Many Plays per Player? 18

Play Better Score Bigger! 20

No Average Athlete 22

Show Off Those Stars! 24

Camp Competition 26

Ready, Set, Kick! 28

Answer Key 30

Glossary 32

Further Information 32

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

"'Without math, sports would not exist,' Marisco informs us. You'd also have difficulty making muffins for 90 people, figuring out the cost of your hockey team's trip, or getting the most goods for your shopping dollars. Numerous practical examples set in busy, two-page entries encourage children to use computation in making everyday decisions. A diverse cast of children and adults face quandaries requiring readers to add, subtract, multiply, divide, or apply percentages or fractions to find a solution. Brief reminders of common math formulas are included within some problems. Most of the math is quickly done with a calculator or paper and pencil, and there's an answer key at the end of the book.The realistic scenarios are generally appealing and well constructed for math practice and learning sensible decision making in numerous aspects of daily life. The recipes in Kitchen Math are a little lackluster, but Shopping and Sports are particularly strong, with the latter covering 12 different sports. Old-fashioned word problems made fresh and new." —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

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