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Basket Math Interactive
Explore more than twenty math concepts such a perimeter, rounding, exponents, decimals, sign numbers, and more using this interactive basketball game. A Spanish version is also offered. Students results are tabulated daily.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Speed of the Game
Team games like football, hockey, basketball, handball and wheelchair rugby are played on pitches or courts of different sizes with different numbers of players. The density of players on the pitch plays a significant role in determining...
Topmarks Online
Topmarks: Place Value Basketball
Place Value Basketball is a fun, base ten blocks game which helps young children to know what each digit in a either a two or three digit number represents. Immediate feedback is given.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Percentages in Basketball
WNBA athletes discuss attendance at basketball games in terms of percentages in this video segment from TV 411.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Olympics Content: Math and Science Behind Olympic Sports
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This group of resources use interest in Olympic sports to teach math and physics concepts. Students learn about velocity, the role of gravity, the importance of...
Doina Popovici
Math Play: One Digit Addition Basketball Game
Play a game of basketball while learning simple addition. Correctly answer the one-digit addition problem to score points!
Other
Fuel the Brain: Math Madness
Complete the addition, subtraction, or multiplication sentences in this basketball- themed game.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Who Wins the Game?
A math challenge for the basketball enthusiast. This NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity focuses on the concept of probability. Test your problem solving aptitude as you try to figure out who will probably win the game.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Place Value Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart has a review game that focuses on place value. Our class used it to play basketball math. Move the black blob to uncover the answer.