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Math Awareness Month - April, 2010
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Math Awareness Month is held each year in April, and is sponsored by the
Joint Policy Board for Mathematics. This year's
theme is Mathematics and Sports. While most people are familiar with
sports, they are not always
aware of the important role that mathematics plays in
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| A myriad of data on players, teams,
divisions and leagues is provided by the media and the sports world. Tables and graphs are used to summarize
this data.
Batting Average and Earned Run Average are common baseball stats. A team's Win-Loss
Percentage
is tracked in many
sports. Probability is used for Win Expectancy in baseball and Win Probability in
football.
The NBA Draft Lottery is an annual event that uses combinatorics
and probability in the selection process. We invite you to explore these
and other topics with us! Resources and activities for MAM 2010
are listed below. Online and offline activities have been
provided for all levels of math!
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Offine Activities and Resources |
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Look at baseball cards
and compute BA and ERA. |
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Collect
sports data from your school or local teams. |
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Compute
Win-Loss Percentages for
these teams. |
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Create graphs
for the data you gathered. |
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Complete our Worksheet
on Batting Averages. |
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Check your
answers against our answer
key. |
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Write Super Bowl
games as numbers in standard form. |
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Write Super Bowl
games as numbers in standard form. |
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