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Youth Basketball: Bracket and Scoring Desk

Solve basketball tournament problems with signed margins, fractions, decimals, scoring rates, and all four rational-number operations.

Grade 7MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to7.NS.A.3

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 7
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use all four operations with rational numbers to solve basketball tournament problems.
  • Students interpret signed differences, scoring rates, and fractional quantities in context.
  • Students apply order of operations and explain why rounding can change a calculated result.

How to use

Have students show calculations on separate paper and label units. Discuss how actual basketball scores differ from calculated rates and performance indexes.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.NS.A.3

Solve real-world and math problems using all four operations with rational numbers.

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Youth Basketball: Bracket and Scoring Desk

Use rational numbers to check results, compare performances, and plan the next round.

Read the Bracket Results

Use the results below for Questions 1–4. A team's signed margin is its score minus its opponent's score.

Quarterfinal Results
GameTeamPointsOpponentOpponent points
1Harbor57Summit49
2Cedar46Valley52
3North63West60
4East44Lake55
1.
Find the difference between Cedar's signed margin and Harbor's signed margin. Calculate Cedar's margin minus Harbor's margin.

Signed difference:   points

2.
The winners of Games 1 and 2 meet in one semifinal. For a preview, an analyst divides each winner's quarterfinal points by its 24 minutes of play. Which comparison is correct?
  • A. Harbor's rate exceeds Valley's by 11/24 point per minute.
  • B. Valley's rate exceeds Harbor's by 5/24 point per minute.
  • C. Harbor's rate exceeds Valley's by 5 points per minute.
  • D. Harbor's rate exceeds Valley's by 5/24 point per minute.

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