Team games like football, hockey, basketball, handball and wheelchair rugby are played on pitches or courts of different sizes with different numbers of players. The density of players on the pitch plays a significant role in determining the nature of the game and how fast players need to react. This investigative activity challenges students to research information about a number of sports and to engage in mathematical modelling, and is aimed at higher level GCSE and A Level students (Key Stage 4 and 5).

Concepts

distance formula

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Additional Tags

cross-curricular math activity, expressions and equations, linear formulas, millennium mathematics project

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)