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Tournament Score Desk: Patterns in the Bracket

Analyze youth basketball results with two-way frequency tables, conditional percentages, and evidence of association.

Grade 8MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to8.SP.A.4

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 8
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students complete two-way tables of frequencies and relative frequencies.
  • Students compare conditional relative frequencies to identify associations in categorical data.
  • Students explain why unequal group sizes can make frequency comparisons misleading.

How to use

Have students calculate percentages using the group named in each question. Discuss why comparing group percentages is more useful than comparing counts alone.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

8.SP.A.4

Find patterns of association in categorical data with two-way tables of frequencies and relative frequencies.

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Tournament Score Desk: Patterns in the Bracket

Use two-way tables to investigate scoring and tournament results.

Scoring and Results

The score desk combines records from several youth basketball tournament brackets. Use the table for Questions 1–5. Each game contributes two team records: one win and one loss.

Team Records by Points Scored
Points scoredWinLossTotal
50 or more3624?
Fewer than 50142640
Total?50?
1.
Which pair of categorical variables does this table compare?
  • A. The team's game result and its opponent's name.
  • B. The team's name and its bracket number.
  • C. The team's exact score and its winning margin.
  • D. The team's scoring category and its game result.
2.

Complete the missing totals. Records with 50 or more points:  . Wins:  . All team records:  .

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