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Fun with Baseball Stats

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A lesson plan for Grades 6–8 Mathematics

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Appropriate grades
6–8
Subjects
mathematics (number sense, number theory)
Provider
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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The following grades 6-8 activities allow students to explore statistics surrounding baseball. They are exposed to connections between various mathematical concepts and see where this mathematics is used in areas with which they are familiar. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and detailed instructions for completing the lesson.

Students will:

  • Work with decimals, fractions, and percentages in the context of baseball statistics.
  • Develop skills in mathematical reasoning and computations and apply those skills to everyday life.

NCTM Standards and Expectations:

  • Understand the meaning and effects of arithmetic operations with fractions, decimals, and integers.
  • Develop and analyze algorithms for computing with fractions, decimals, and integers and develop fluency in their use.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Mathematics (2004)

Grade 6

  • Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
    • Objective 1.07: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.

Grade 7

  • Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
    • Objective 1.02: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers.
      • Analyze computational strategies.
      • Describe the effect of operations on size.
      • Estimate the results of computations.
      • Judge the reasonableness of solutions.
    • Objective 1.03: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.

Grade 8

  • Goal 1: Number and Operations -The learner will understand and compute with real numbers.
    • Objective 1.02: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.