Basketball Math Activity with Bracket for Comparing Ratios
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Grade Levels
6th - 8th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS6.RP.A.1
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
5 pages
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My students and I really enjoyed this. We did this in late Feb or early March before March Madness which made it even more appealing. I highly recommend this
Used this resource for our March Madness room transformation and my kids loved it! Not only did it fit the theme, but it was a great way to review ratios!
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Description
Engage students in comparing ratios with this bracket challenge activity. Perfect for March Mathness!
Students must rank basketball teams as 16 seeds based on their win:loss records. Teams have played different numbers of games, so students must use knowledge of ratios. 10 follow-up questions are included to get students thinking. Great for partners or individual work.
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Total Pages
5 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
90 minutes
Last updated Mar 2nd, 2020
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CCSS6.RP.A.1
Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.”
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