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Dan Flockhart, M.Ed., is a former middle school math teacher who incorporated fantasy sports into his math curriculum. He presents his innovative method of teaching at conventions and maintains a Web site for the series at http://www.fantasysportsmath.com.

About the Author vii

Acknowledgments vii

Fantasy Basketball and Mathematics Handouts 1

Handout 1: Description and Rules 3

Handout 2: Fantasy Team Roster 5

Handout 3: How to Read Box Scores 6

Handout 4: How to Collect Data 7

Handout 5: How to Compute Points 8

Handout 6: Practice in Computing Points, Using the Default Scoring System 11

Handout 7: Default Total Points Equation 14

Handout 8: Practice in Computing Points, Using the Default Total Points Equation 15

Handout 9: Weekly Scoring Worksheet 16

Handout 10: Weekly Scoring Worksheet Using a Total Points Equation 94

Handout 11: Total Points Week-by-Week 120

Graphing Activities 123

Graphing 125

Circle Graphs 125

Stacked-Bar and Multiple-Line Graphs 127

Handout 12: Stacked-Bar Graph 128

Multiple-Line Graph 129

Practice Worksheets 131

Number Sense 133

Practice Worksheet 1: Rounding Whole Numbers and Expanded Notation 133

Practice Worksheet 2: Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor 134

Practice Worksheet 3: Operations with Whole Numbers 135

Practice Worksheet 4: Equivalent Fractions 136

Practice Worksheet 5: Patterns and Multiples 137

Practice Worksheet 6: Ordering Fractions and Decimals 138

Practice Worksheet 7: Rounding Decimals 139

Practice Worksheet 8: Improper Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Reciprocals 140

Practice Worksheet 9: Adding and Subtracting Fractions 141

Practice Worksheet 10: Stacked-Bar Graph 142

Practice Worksheet 11: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 143

Practice Worksheet 12: Rounding Fractions 144

Practice Worksheet 13: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals 146

Practice Worksheet 14: Unit Rates 147

Practice Worksheet 15: Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages 148

Practice Worksheet 16: Ratios 149

Practice Worksheet 17: Percentage of Price Increase and Decrease 150

Practice Worksheet 18: Finding a Percentage of a Number 151

Practice Worksheet 19: Proportions 153

Practice Worksheet 20: Ratios and Proportions 155

Practice Worksheet 21: Factoring 156

Practice Worksheet 22: Interest, Depreciation, and Tax 157

Practice Worksheet 23: Prime Factorization 158

Practice Worksheet 24: Scientific Notation 159

Practice Worksheet 25: Ordering Integers, Fractions, and Decimals 160

Practice Worksheet 26: Operations with Integers 161

Practice Worksheet 27: Permutations and Combinations 163

Algebra and Functions 164

Practice Worksheet 28: Unit Conversions 164

Practice Worksheet 29: Evaluating Algebraic Expressions 165

Practice Worksheet 30: Properties of Mathematics 166

Practice Worksheet 31: Graphing on a Number Line 168

Practice Worksheet 32: Linear Equations (A) 169

Practice Worksheet 33: Linear Equations (B) 173

Measurement and Geometry 174

Practice Worksheet 34: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles 174

Practice Worksheet 35: Golden Rectangles 176

Practice Worksheet 36: Functions 177

Practice Worksheet 37: Area and Circumference of Circles 179

Practice Worksheet 38: Weight 180

Practice Worksheet 39: The Pythagorean Theorem 181

Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability 182

Practice Worksheet 40: Mean, Median, Mode, Range 182

Practice Worksheet 41: Probability 183

Practice Worksheet 42: Circle Graphs 185

Practice Worksheet 43: Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Histograms 186

Practice Worksheet 44: Scatter Plots 187

Practice Worksheet 45: Box-and-Whisker Plots 188

Mathematical Reasoning 189

Practice Worksheet 46: Statements Using Math Terminology 189

Extra Credit 190

Extra Credit Worksheet: Extra Credit Problems 190

Assessment 191

Pretest/Posttest 193