Oakland Terrace Math A Unit 2

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Math A Unit 2 ~ Baseball Statistics/ Ratios and Percents

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In this activity, Mr. Greenman's class used baseball statistics found on the back of baseball cards to compute ratios and percentages. In the example above, the batting average of .299 relates to making a hit 29.9% of the time. The student then computes that the player's rate of making a hit is 1.06 times per game.

Baseball Percentages

This student divides the number of hits, 1,789 by the number of games, 1,555 to determine that the player hit 1.15 hits per game.
1789 ÷ 1555 = 1.15 hits/game

Baseball Percentages ..
The students find equivalent forms of different statistics,
converting between decimals, percentages and ratios.

Indicator:
6.6.7.2 determine equivalent ratios,
decimals, and percents.