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MATHLETICS

Uses of Math In Sports


Uses of Math In Sports
Math is used in everything and anything, such as sport.
Altough not always realized, math plays a very important
roles in sports. Could you think of playing any sports
without maths in it? Every Sports uses numbers in some
way, whether it’s for scoring, detemining averages, and
many more.
Even tough computers have saved us to solve math
problem manually, it’s still usefull to know how to do so.
Let’s say, how would you know a basketball player’s
shooting percentage? A kind of question like that require
some basic math skill.
Mathletics
Here are two examples of sports that use
math in it:

B aseball

B asB etball
Math & Basketball
Uses of math in basketball are:
 The measurement of the court, such as:
✔ Measuring how far the three point line is away from the ring.
✔ Measuring how far the foul line is away from the ring.

*All NBA (National Basketball Association) level basketball courts


have the same exact measurements. Having different measurement
may cause protest from the player. If there were different
measurements, the player may think it’s the standard
measurements of the court. Therefore, shooting maybe a bit too
short or a bit too far.
Math & Basketball
 The scoring of basketball
✖One point ≈ if a foul shot/free throw is made
✖Two points ≈ for every basket(shot/lay-up/dunk) made
✖Three points ≈ for every shot made outside the three-point line
*three point can be made by getting fouled while
shooting.
 The amount of calories that players burn and all of that health
related stuff.
 The amount of players on the team, a team should have 5
players to play and some are in the bench. If players get
injured, fouled out, or something like that, there are less
available players.
 The shots that players have to timed correctly by the players to
score the ball and win the game. In other words, the timer is
very important.
Math & Basketball
 Averages

Math is involved to determine the various statistics that

define a players performance on the court. Just take the

total points scores by the player in all games and divide

by total games played. Statistic categories such as

assist, rebound, blocked shots, steals, etc, are also

calculated the same way.


Math & Basketball
 Percentages
Field goal shooting percentages are calculated by taking
number of shots made and divide by total shot attempted.
Shooting percentage above 50% is considered very good.

Example ≈ Rizki’s shooting percentage


Shots made (s) = 8 So,
Total shots (t) = 12 A=s/t
Shooting percentage (A) = ?? = 8/12 = 2/3 = 0.66 = 66%

 So rizki is a very good shooter (± )


Math & Baseball
Math is useful in baseball, as long there’s a number,
maths involved in it.
 The scoring of baseball game
 One point ≈ a player bats at home plate and must proceed
counterclockwise to first base, second base, third
base, and back home in order to score a run.
 Knowing the player’s batting average
Hits made (h) = 7 So,
Total batting (t) = 20 B=h/t
Batting Average (B) = ?? = 7/20 = 0.35 = 35%
Conclusion
 So, based on the matery I
gave, math actually involved
in our daily lives even when
we’re doing sports without we
realizing it.
Sources
Basketball : Baseball :
• •
http://chalk.richmond.edu/edu http://chalk.richmond.edu/
cation/projects/webunits/math/ education/projects/webunit
basketball.html s/math/baseball.html

http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4897212_how-math-used-basketball.html

• my self, I play basketball since


in middle school
CREDITS

Maker M. Ardifa Rizki 10C


Editor M. Ardifa Rizki 10C

Thx for
your attention!! =D

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