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Basketball Bracket: Leads, Losses, and Margins

Compare signed score margins and absolute values in a youth basketball bracket. Interpret leads, deficits, and close games.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.NS.C.7.d

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1 Common Core standard
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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students distinguish comparisons of signed score margins from comparisons of their absolute values.
Students use order and absolute value to interpret leads, deficits, and the size of scoring gaps.

How to use

Have students read the margin definition before working independently. Discuss why a greater scoring gap does not always mean a greater signed margin.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.NS.C.7.d

Tell comparisons of absolute value apart from statements about order, such as a larger debt being a smaller balance.

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Basketball Bracket: Leads, Losses, and Margins

Distinguish score order from the size of a scoring gap.

Semifinal Results

Use the table for Questions 1–5. A team's signed margin is its points minus its opponent's points. Positive means a lead or win; negative means a deficit or loss. The absolute value of a margin is the size of the scoring gap.