Basketball Math: Slam-Dunk Activities and Projects for Grades 4-8

By Jack A. Coffland and David A. Coffland. Young basketball fans apply their math skills to gain new insight into a sport they enjoy. Reproducible handouts challenge students to collect and analyze statistics on their favorite players and teams, calculating field-goal percentages and figuring point differentials as motivation to practice skills involving whole numbers, decimals, percents, fractions, analysis of statistics, and interpretation of charts and graphs. Most statistics are provided in the book; a few activities require looking up statistics in the newspaper or online. Answer key. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 118 pages. Third Edition. ©2006. GDY503.