Math in Spring and Summer Sports
In the springtime, some middle school students enjoy outdoor sports much more than they enjoy their math classes. Why not use two of these popular sports to our advantage in the classroom? The...
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The baseball season is just warming up and the playoffs are around the corner. Why not bring “America’s Pastime” into the math classroom? The following problems challenge students to exercise some of...
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What Can Batting Averages Tell Us?
It’s the bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, bases loaded in the 7th game of the World Series. On the mound is the opposing team’s left-handed pitcher trying to close out the game. As the Head Coach you have a...
View ArticleMarch Mathness
There are more than nine quintillion (9 x 1018) ways to fill out a 64-team March Madness bracket — and almost 150 quintillion permutations for the 68 college basketball teams in this year’s men’s...
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