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Effects of new MLB rules
Effects of new MLB rules

This year new rules have been added to Major League Baseball. Pitchers and batters are no longer allowed to "dawdle" or delay the game. The bases are larger....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–6
How hard it is to pick the perfect bracket? (Updated)
How hard it is to pick the perfect bracket? (Updated)

Updated (2026)! Games have begun and there have been several upsets but March Madness won't be over until the finals on April 3rd and 4th. March Madness bracket...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
March Madness - Does seeding really matter?
March Madness - Does seeding really matter?

March Madness, the big 68 team college basketball tournament, will now take over our TV viewing during the weekends of March. School and office friends are filling out...

Number Sense Sports Grades 5–6
Just some March Madness math
Just some March Madness math

Today, March 12th, is selection Sunday. Tomorrow we'll know how the college basketball teams are seeded and bracketology can begin. Introduce your students to the meaning and excitement...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 2–HS
Typical Super Bowl scores
Typical Super Bowl scores

Updated for 2023! In this activity students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode), losing scores, winning scores, and range of scores....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Big bucks 2023
Big bucks 2023

Updated! When soccer great, Lionel Messi played for Barcelona, he had one of the highest paid contracts of any athlete in the world. He had a $674 million...

Number Sense Sports Grades 5–7
Do teams that spend a lot win a lot?
Do teams that spend a lot win a lot?

In this activity students compare team wins with team salaries in the four major North American sports ... the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL. Students use data from...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Why isn't the World Cup happening now?
Why isn't the World Cup happening now?

The World Cup Finals is only played every 4 years but isn't it always in June? The World Cup Finals 2022 will be played in Qatar from November...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
The odds of horse race betting
The odds of horse race betting

Rich Strike surprised everyone at the Kentucky Derby horse race in early May by moving from 18 th place at the half-way mark (out of 20 horses) to...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Shooting for Three
Shooting for Three

The NBA court has a 3-point line that separates how many points a player will earn for his team by making a basket from outside of that line....

Algebra Geometry Grades 6–HS
The LUGE
The LUGE

This is one of the fastest Olympic sports. Lugers, on tiny sleds, zoom down a solid ice track at fantastic speeds, hold their bodies in an aerodynamically optimized...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022
Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022

The Winter Olympics begins this week in Beijing. Wikipedia had this schedule of events. We think that there is a lot of information missing and apparent in this...

Number Sense Sports Grades 2–HS