Math Challenge November 6

How many points did basketball's all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, score?

Hint: Michael Jordan scored 26,710 points. Abdul-Jabbar scored 11,677 more points than Jordan did. What is Abdul-Jabbar's career score?

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Good Luck!

Kelly

Basketball Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
March 13, 2007
This year, the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament, better known as March Madness, starts today. Read about the history of basketball here: http://www.helium.com/tm/210038/basketball-invented-james-naismith

Discussion Questions:
1. Who invented basketball?
2. What college was it invented at?
3. What colleges first played basketball competitively?

Learn more about March Madness here: http://www.helium.com/tm/210042/march-madnessit-basketball-tournament

Discussion Questions:
1. What is a seed?
2. Why is it called March Madness?

Vocabulary
Learn some common basketball terms: http://homepages.wmich.edu/~j5lieber/getmovingplayball.htm#Definitions
English
Write a compare and contrast essay comparing Basketball to Soccer. Use this site to help you:
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/compare_contrast.html

Try this word search http://www.lessontutor.com/bballword1.html

Basketball word scramble http://bogglesworldesl.com/basketball_worksheets.htm

Math
Visit this website to learn about calculating Free-throw Percentages http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/robin/winedge/startpg.html

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Do you have what it takes to manage an NBA team? Find out here: http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~bmoore2/basketball/intro.htm

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Visit this website to learn about calculating Free-throw Percentages http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/robin/winedge/startpg.html

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Math Challenge March 13

A player's free throw percentage can be calculated by dividing the number of shots actually made (m) by the number of attempted shots (a):
P = m / a
Therefore, if Jamie makes 9 out of 16 field goal attempts, his percentage is 56%.
(To find percentages, move the decimal point from your answer two places to the right, and round to the ones digit:
9/16 = .5625 = 56.25%, which can be rounded to 56%)

Now put your skills to work:
Which of the following players has the highest free throw percentage?

• Nick Fazekas who made 38 out of 68 throws
• Kevin Durant who made 6 out of 12 throws
• Joakim Noah who made 28 out of 52 throws

Send answers to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net
Parents may help, but try to let your child figure it out on their own.

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Good Luck!
Kelly