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Tournament Records: What Do the Numbers Measure?

Interpret youth basketball tournament data by identifying measured attributes, recording methods, and units, and checking incomplete labels.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.SP.B.5.b

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify the attribute and units represented by a tournament data set.
  • Students describe how scores, counts, and elapsed times are recorded.
  • Students distinguish data sets that use the same units but measure different attributes.

How to use

Use after introducing attributes and units in data sets. Have students refer to the record descriptions, then discuss why a unit alone does not fully describe data.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.SP.B.5.b

Describe what attribute a data set measures, how it was measured, and in what units.

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Tournament Records: What Do the Numbers Measure?

Identify the attribute, recording method, and units behind basketball tournament data.

Read the Score Records

Use the tournament records to identify what each number describes. No score calculations are needed.

Four youth teams play two semifinals. The semifinal winners advance to the final, and the other teams play for third place. During each game, Imani records every scoring play in the official scorebook. After the final buzzer, she adds the points for each team and checks the totals against the scoreboard.
Completed Tournament Bracket
RoundMatchupFinal score (points)
SemifinalNorth vs. East37–29
SemifinalSouth vs. West42–39
Third placeEast vs. West31–34
FinalNorth vs. South35–40
1.
Imani lists these values from the bracket: 37, 29, 42, 39, 31, 34, 35, 40. What attribute does this data set describe?
  • A. It describes each game's elapsed playing time in minutes.
  • B. It describes each team's total points for the whole tournament.
  • C. It describes each team's total points scored in one game.
  • D. It describes each team's number of successful shots in one game.

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