Fantasy Football and Mathematics
Student Workbook
Published on 17. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-7879-9448-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Flockhart's books make math fun again. Teachers, students, and parents will love this program."
--Jeffrey R. Thomas, founder and CEO, SportsBuff.com;president, Fantasy Sports Trade Association
This workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with Fantasy Football and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers. The games and activities in Fantasy Football and Mathematics were created to get you excited about learning and practicing math, even if you are not a big sports fan.
Here's how it works. You will create a Fantasy Football team by picking real-life players, following your players' statistics, and calculating your team's total points using one of the equations your teacher provides. In addition to the basic Fantasy Football game, your workbook contains worksheets for extra practice on 46 different math concepts.
So join the winning math team with Fantasy Football and Mathematics!
Also available in the Fantasy Sports and Mathematics series:
Fantasy Basketball and Mathematics | Fantasy Football and Mathematics | Fantasy Soccer and Mathematics
--Jeffrey R. Thomas, founder and CEO, SportsBuff.com;president, Fantasy Sports Trade Association
This workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with Fantasy Football and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers. The games and activities in Fantasy Football and Mathematics were created to get you excited about learning and practicing math, even if you are not a big sports fan.
Here's how it works. You will create a Fantasy Football team by picking real-life players, following your players' statistics, and calculating your team's total points using one of the equations your teacher provides. In addition to the basic Fantasy Football game, your workbook contains worksheets for extra practice on 46 different math concepts.
So join the winning math team with Fantasy Football and Mathematics!
Also available in the Fantasy Sports and Mathematics series:
Fantasy Basketball and Mathematics | Fantasy Football and Mathematics | Fantasy Soccer and Mathematics
Reviews / Votes
"Teachers who are seeking to find ways to engage and motivate their students through sports, particularly baseball, would be well served by this resource book." (Education Review, May 2007)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 217 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-9448-8 (9780787994488)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dan Flockhart, M.Ed., is a former middle school math teacher who incorporated fantasy sports into his math curriculum. He presents his innovative method of teaching at conventions and maintains a Web site for the series at http://www.fantasysportsmath.com.
Content
About the Author. Acknowledgments.
Fantasy Football and Mathematics Handouts.
Handout 1: Description and Rules.
Handout 2: Fantasy Team Roster.
Handout 3: How to Read Box Scores.
Handout 4: How to Collect Data.
Handout 5: How to Compute Points: Default Scoring System.
Handout 6: Practice in Computing Points Using the Default Scoring System.
Handout 7: Default Total Points Equation.
Handout 8: Practice in Computing Points Using the Default Total Points Equations.
Handout 9: Weekly Scoring Worksheet.
Handout 10: Weekly Scoring Worksheet Using Total Points Equations.
Handout 11: Total Points Week-by-Week.
Graphing Activities.
Graphing.
Circle Graphs.
Stacked-Bar and Multiple-Line Graphs.
Handout 12: Stacked-Bar Graph.
Multiple-Line Graph.
Practice Worksheets.
Number Sense.
Practice Worksheet 1: Rounding Whole Numbers and Expanded Notation.
Practice Worksheet 2: Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor.
Practice Worksheet 3: Operations with Whole Numbers.
Practice Worksheet 4: Equivalent Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 5: Patterns and Multiples.
Practice Worksheet 6: Ordering Fractions and Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 7: Rounding Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 8: Improper Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Reciprocals.
Practice Worksheet 9: Adding and Subtracting Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 10: Stacked-Bar Graphs.
Practice Worksheet 11: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 12: Rounding Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 13: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 14: Unit Rates.
Practice Worksheet 15: Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages.
Practice Worksheet 16: Ratios.
Practice Worksheet 17: Percentage of Price Increase and Decrease.
Practice Worksheet 18: Finding a Percentage of a Number.
Practice Worksheet 19: Proportions.
Practice Worksheet 20: Ratios and Proportions.
Practice Worksheet 21: Factoring.
Practice Worksheet 22: Interest, Depreciation, and Tax.
Practice Worksheet 23: Prime Factorization.
Practice Worksheet 24: Scientific Notation.
Practice Worksheet 25: Ordering Integers, Fractions, and Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 26: Operations with Integers.
Practice Worksheet 27: Permutations and Combinations.
Algebra and Functions.
Practice Worksheet 28: Unit Conversions.
Practice Worksheet 29: Evaluating Algebraic Expressions.
Practice Worksheet 30: Properties of Mathematics.
Practice Worksheet 31: Graphing on a Number Line.
Practice Worksheet 32: Linear Equations (A).
Practice Worksheet 33: Linear Equations (B).
Measurement and Geometry.
Practice Worksheet 34: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles.
Practice Worksheet 35: Golden Rectangles.
Practice Worksheet 36: Functions.
Practice Worksheet 37: Area and Circumference of Circles.
Practice Worksheet 38: Weight.
Practice Worksheet 39: Pythagorean Theorem.
Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability.
Practice Worksheet 40: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range.
Practice Worksheet 41: Probability.
Practice Worksheet 42: Circle Graphs.
Practice Worksheet 43: Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Histograms.
Practice Worksheet 44: Scatter Plots.
Practice Worksheet 45: Box-and-Whisker Plots.
Mathematical Reasoning.
Practice Worksheet 46: Statements Using Math Terminology.
Extra Credit.
Extra Credit Worksheet: Extra Credit Problems.
Assessment.
Pretest/Posttest.
Fantasy Football and Mathematics Handouts.
Handout 1: Description and Rules.
Handout 2: Fantasy Team Roster.
Handout 3: How to Read Box Scores.
Handout 4: How to Collect Data.
Handout 5: How to Compute Points: Default Scoring System.
Handout 6: Practice in Computing Points Using the Default Scoring System.
Handout 7: Default Total Points Equation.
Handout 8: Practice in Computing Points Using the Default Total Points Equations.
Handout 9: Weekly Scoring Worksheet.
Handout 10: Weekly Scoring Worksheet Using Total Points Equations.
Handout 11: Total Points Week-by-Week.
Graphing Activities.
Graphing.
Circle Graphs.
Stacked-Bar and Multiple-Line Graphs.
Handout 12: Stacked-Bar Graph.
Multiple-Line Graph.
Practice Worksheets.
Number Sense.
Practice Worksheet 1: Rounding Whole Numbers and Expanded Notation.
Practice Worksheet 2: Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor.
Practice Worksheet 3: Operations with Whole Numbers.
Practice Worksheet 4: Equivalent Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 5: Patterns and Multiples.
Practice Worksheet 6: Ordering Fractions and Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 7: Rounding Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 8: Improper Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Reciprocals.
Practice Worksheet 9: Adding and Subtracting Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 10: Stacked-Bar Graphs.
Practice Worksheet 11: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 12: Rounding Fractions.
Practice Worksheet 13: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 14: Unit Rates.
Practice Worksheet 15: Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages.
Practice Worksheet 16: Ratios.
Practice Worksheet 17: Percentage of Price Increase and Decrease.
Practice Worksheet 18: Finding a Percentage of a Number.
Practice Worksheet 19: Proportions.
Practice Worksheet 20: Ratios and Proportions.
Practice Worksheet 21: Factoring.
Practice Worksheet 22: Interest, Depreciation, and Tax.
Practice Worksheet 23: Prime Factorization.
Practice Worksheet 24: Scientific Notation.
Practice Worksheet 25: Ordering Integers, Fractions, and Decimals.
Practice Worksheet 26: Operations with Integers.
Practice Worksheet 27: Permutations and Combinations.
Algebra and Functions.
Practice Worksheet 28: Unit Conversions.
Practice Worksheet 29: Evaluating Algebraic Expressions.
Practice Worksheet 30: Properties of Mathematics.
Practice Worksheet 31: Graphing on a Number Line.
Practice Worksheet 32: Linear Equations (A).
Practice Worksheet 33: Linear Equations (B).
Measurement and Geometry.
Practice Worksheet 34: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles.
Practice Worksheet 35: Golden Rectangles.
Practice Worksheet 36: Functions.
Practice Worksheet 37: Area and Circumference of Circles.
Practice Worksheet 38: Weight.
Practice Worksheet 39: Pythagorean Theorem.
Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability.
Practice Worksheet 40: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range.
Practice Worksheet 41: Probability.
Practice Worksheet 42: Circle Graphs.
Practice Worksheet 43: Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Histograms.
Practice Worksheet 44: Scatter Plots.
Practice Worksheet 45: Box-and-Whisker Plots.
Mathematical Reasoning.
Practice Worksheet 46: Statements Using Math Terminology.
Extra Credit.
Extra Credit Worksheet: Extra Credit Problems.
Assessment.
Pretest/Posttest.