March ATHNESS

Objective: To improve your ability to answer open ended questions using the 6th grade COS. Goal: To obtain 3 points on each answer.  

Each question should be answered as if it was a question on the ARMT. Answer thoroughly using numbers, words and/or pictures. Read your answers to make sure they make sense. Someone else should be able to read it and know what you were thinking while solving each problem. Write legibly within your given space.  

Day 1Starter 1 5.34 sec

Starter 2 5.2 sec

Starter 3 5 sec

Starter 4 6.1sec

Starter 5 5.342 sec

• This table shows how fast the starters on a basketball team run.

• Using this data, put the runners in order from slowest to fastest.

• Using sentences, explain how you made your choices.

Day 2

• The dimensions of a basketball court are 194 feet x 50 feet.

a)What are the dimensions of the court in inches?

b)What is the perimeter and area of a basketball court?

c) Explain how you got your answers.

Day 3The board behind a basketball goal measures 72 inches x 42 inches.

A)Convert these measurements into feet.B)What is the perimeter and area of the back board? C)Explain.

Day 4The diameter of the circular goal is 18 inches.

a)What is the radius of a basketball goal? b)Would you prefer to use a ball with the diameter of 17 in or 19 in? Why? c)Explain your reasoning.

Day 5

An adult size basketball goal should be 10 feet from the ground.

a)How tall is a basketball goal in inches?

b)How many goals would it take to reach 325.75 miles?

c)How tall do you think someone would need to be in order to dunk the ball?

d) How did you get your answers?

Day 6When a player is fouled, they

get to shoot alone from the freethrow line which is 180 inches

away from the goal. How far do they have to throw the ball to score?

Yards? ________ Feet? ________Prove your answers.

Day 7

The best basketball players are honored in the Hall of Fame in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is 1,971,000 meters from Alabama. a)What is the distance between the states in kilometers? b)If you drove 100 km an hour, about how long would it take you driving from Alabama to Massachusetts? c)Explain.

Day 8If a map scale says 1 inch = 150 km,

how far are Alabama and Massachusetts on that map in inches (use yesterdays answers)? Prove it.

Day 9

In the 2012 NCAA tournament, the 4 top teams are Kentucky (32-2), Syracuse (31-2), North Carolina (29-5), and Michigan State (27-7).

A)What is the percentage of games won for each of the top teams?

B)What is the probability that one of these 4 teams will win the tournament of 64 teams?

*Don’t forget to explain your work & answers!

Day 9The 2012 Kentucky basketball team consists of 2

Seniors, 1 Junior, 6 Sophomores and 6 Freshmen. A)Develop a bar graph using this data.

B)What percent of the team are Seniors? Juniors? Sophomores? Freshmen?

*Be sure to show your work and explain your reasoning. Read it and make sure it makes sense.

Day 10 The 2012 Kentucky basketball team consist

of the following jersey numbers: 1,3,20,33,23,14,25,4,22,5,30,10,12,13,32

A)Make a list of all prime numbers.B)What percent of the jerseys are

composite numbers?

Day 11On March 11, 2012 68 NCAA teams learned if

they will compete in March Madness tournament this year. If your team is chosen to participate, what is the probability that they will

win? If 4 teams from the SEC are selected for the tournament, what is the probability that an

SEC team will win? Write your answers in decimals, fractions and

percents.

Day 12At Alabama’s game in the NCAA

tournament today, out of the 2455 fans, 56% of the fans were cheering

them on. How many fans were cheering on the

other team?

Day 13While attending a basketball game, the

McKinley family had the following budget for their $300. Tickets- 50%Travel – 30%Food – 20%

How much did they spend on each category? Tickets? Travel? Food?

Day 14Our basketball team had a budget of $1200 for the NCAA tournament. After game one, we had spent 40% of the budget. How much

money was left for the remainder of the tournament?

*Be sure to label and explain your work.

Day 15

Kentucky’s basketball coach John Calipari signed an 8 year contract worth $4,500,000 annually.

He still took out a loan for $350,000 to purchase his dream house. Interest was 4.5% for 30 years.

A)How much was the interest? B)How much was his monthly payments?

C)How much did he totally pay for that house?

Day 16

REMEMBER: Answer all parts of the question.

Label numbers and show your work. Use sentences to describe how you got your

answer. Read your answer and make it make sense.