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Basketball Math PerformanceBasketball Math Performance
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Radford University
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9th - 12th
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Math
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Shoot for a better knowledge of optimization strategies. During the first part of the task, scholars use given basketball shooting percentages for different players to predict the winner by examining systems of inequalities. For the second part of the task, they actually determine their own shooting percentages and see which classmate would win a shooting game.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

constraints, systems of linear inequalities, linear programming, making predictions, percents

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Team up with a physical education teacher for the second part of the activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners should be able to graph systems of linear inequalities
  • Knowledge of optimization is necessary

Pros

  • Provides data recording sheets
  • Includes a sample response

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSA-CED.A.3

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