OAKLAND ATHLETICS MATHLETICS MATH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. Presented by. #26 MATT CHAPMAN 3rd Base

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1 08 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MATHLETICS MATH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Presented by #6 MATT CHAPMAN 3rd Base

2 HOW TO EARN YOUR TICKETS F years, the Mathletics program has helped promote the imptance of math among students in the Bay Area and Nthern Califnia. Thanks to our spons, ROSS, over 00,000 students have earned free tickets to an A s game through Mathletics. To keep up with the priities of our students and fans, the Oakland Athletics will be offering alternative educational programs next season, and we will suspend the Mathletics program after this season. Stay tuned on athletics.com/community f exciting developments about the A s community effts, and thanks f your Mathletics participation over the past years. Let s go A s! ELIGIBILITY Students from the st through 8 th grades are eligible to participate in the Mathletics program. (One wkbook per person.) INSTRUCTIONS. Solve all the problems in this wkbook and write your answers on the answer sheet provided. Complete online answer fm and select game dates at athletics.com/mathletics. Deadline: Wednesday, August 8, Every student who submits a completed answer sheet by the deadline will receive two () tickets to a 08 regular season A s home game. The following game dates are available to be selected: Sunday, May 6 at :0pm vs BAL Thursday, May 4 at :3pm vs SEA Monday, May 8 at :0pm vs TB Thursday, May 3 at :3pm vs TB Friday, June 8 at 7:0pm vs KC Tuesday, June at 7:0pm vs HOU Thursday, June 4 at :3pm vs HOU Saturday, June 30 at :0pm vs CLE Sunday, July at :0pm vs CLE Wednesday, July 4 at :0pm vs SD Monday, July 30 at 7:0pm vs TOR Tuesday, July 3 at 7:0pm vs TOR Wednesday, August at :3pm vs TOR Friday, August 3 at 7:0pm vs DET Sunday, August at ;0pm vs SD Tuesday, August 4 at 7:0pm vs SEA Saturday, August 8 at :0pm vs HOU Sunday, September at :0pm vs SEA Saturday, September 8 at :0pm vs TEX Sunday, September 9 at :0pm vs TEX TEACHERS, COACHES, AND YOUTH LEADERS: Please have one main contact per group/school. Main Contact: Scan and the class/school/team s answer sheets to mathletics@athletics.com and note Mathletics Class Submission in the subject line. (Please have fms ganized by grade participating classes.) Create a cover sheet that includes the main contact infmation (name, school, address, phone, ) and the number of answer sheets enclosed. Please make a copy keep track of your school s participation list. The main contact will be in charge of distributing all vouchers. PRESENTED BY

3 REGGIE JACKSON Calculate the following expressions to figure out the missing details of Reggie Jackson s life and career in the cresponding questions below.. (6 x ) + (36 x ) + (3 x 3) + (47 x 4) x 3. [(00 x 0) - 00] (7 64) x (Round to the nearest thousandth) (8-3) ( ) DID YOU KNOW? Reggie Jackson amassed 63 homers in his MLB career. He is 4th all-time in Maj League Baseball histy. Fill in the answers from above on the blank lines below:. In 969, Reggie Jackson recded 6 singles, 36 doubles, 3 triples and 47 homers, which resulted in a career high total bases. Reggie Jackson has me than 00 home runs f how many different ganizations? 3. Reggie Jackson made his Maj League debut on June 9, with the Kansas City Athletics. 4. Reggie Jackson tallied a career high 8 hits in 39 at-bats in 973. What was his final batting average that season? (round to the nearest thousandth). Reggie Jackson struck out 7 times in 64 plate appearances in 968. What was his strikeout percentage that season? 6. Batting average on balls in play (BABIP) is a newer metric that measures how many of a batter s balls in play go f hits. During Reggie Jackson s MVP season in 973, Reggie had a BABIP of? BABIP = (H - HR) (AB - K - HR + SF) H = Hits HR = Homeruns AB = At Bats K = Strikeouts SF = Sacrifice Flys

4 GUESS WHO? To find out who the A s Manager is, solve the following questions. Cross out your answer and letter from the box below. The remaining letters will give you Bob s last name.. Bob hired a company that uses tiles in the shape of a parallelogram. He wants to make a mural inside the locker room. The tiles have the dimensions shown. What is the area of one tile? in. 0 in. Bob was given a gift f being named the AL Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America in 0 They wrapped his gift in a parallelogram with a base of 7 feet and an area of 84 square feet. He needs to put the gift on display, but wants to know the height. What is the height of Bob s gift? 3. Bob wants to hang some pennants in his office to remind him of each player. He gives each player a triangular piece of paper with a base of 4 in. and height of 3 in. What is the area of the triangular pennant? 3 in. 4. Bob is hosting a baseball clinic at the Oakland Coliseum. He ders a rectangular inflatable 4 3 cooler f the players bottled waters. It is feet long, feet wide and feet tall. What is the volume of the cooler? 9 yd 4 in.. Bob is building a stage and needs to cover the outside of it with paint. What is the surface area of the rectangular prism? 6 yd yd yd 9 yd 6. Bob is building a ramp. He needs to know how many pieces it requires. How many faces are on this triangular prism? Bonus: How many career A s wins is he projected to reach in 08? (Hint: 0 ) in. in. 3 in. 4 in. T M E A L V B I Y O K N The A s Manager is Bob

5 . ROLLIE FINGERS Rollie Fingers was bn on August, 946 in Steubenville, OH and played on the Oakland Athletics from In 08, the Oakland A s will celebrate the 0th Anniversary of the team moving to Oakland in 968. Fingers made his MLB debut on September, 968. He finished his Oakland Athletics career, pitching nine seasons, and helping the A s win three straight Wld Championships from Fingers was steady throughout his career, accumulating a 67-6 recd with 784 strikeouts in,06 innings. Find the mean and median of the following to prove why Rollie Fingers was deserving of these awards. Find the mean and the median of Rollie Fingers games played between the 969 and 976 seasons with the Oakland A s. Round to the nearest tenths place. {60, 4, 48, 6, 6, 76, 7, 70} Mean Median Find the mean and the median of the number of strikeouts Rollie Fingers pitched between the 969 and 976 seasons with the Oakland A s. Round to the nearest tenths place. {6, 79, 98, 3, 0, 9,, 3} Mean Median 3. Find the mean and the median of the number of innings pitched by Rollie Fingers between the 969 and 976 seasons with the Oakland A s. Round to the nearest tenths place. {9, 48, 9,, 6, 9, 6, 34} Mean Median Graph the following points on the codinate plane. Don t fget to label each point. Then, use the line segment directions to connect the dered pairs with a straight line. This will show you how many years Rollie Fingers played in the Maj Leagues. y 0 4. A. (-, ) Line Segment Directions: B. (-, 0) A to B C. (-7, ) A to C D. (-, -) B to D E. (-8, -) D to E F. (-, -) F to D. G. (, ) H. (7, ) I. (3, -) J. (4, 0) Line Segments Directions: G to H J to I H to J x x y

6 HOW FAR WILL THE OAKLAND A s TRAVEL IN ONE MONTH OF THE 08 SEASON? Use the legend below to solve the following algebraic expressions. Solve f each problem and put the answer in the crect place below to find out how many miles the Oakland A s will travel in June 08. m = 4 i= l = 0 e = - s = 00. (l + 9) (m*3 + ) 4. -(miles) 30 (m + e) - (e*). [9(m + se) 8(l * (I+e))] 3. (e) (4m - s) +,088 How far will the Oakland A s travel in 08? = miles 3 4 Washington New Hampshire 8 mi. Vermont Nth Dakota Montana Massachusetts Minnesota Oregon 83mi. Idaho New Yk Wisconsin South Dakota Michigan Wyoming Nebraska Nevada Utah Califnia 77 mi. Iowa Kansas Missouri Arizona 08mi. Oklahoma New Mexico Texas Alabama Maryland Virginia Nth Carolina Tennessee South Carolina Gegia Mississippi Louisiana Flida KEY: Oakland A s Texas Rangers Chicago White Sox San Diego Padres Kansas City Royals Detroit Tigers Connecticut New Jersey Delaware West Virginia Arkansas 8mi. Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky 70 mi. 486 mi. Indiana Illinois Colado Maine District of Columbia

7 DESIGNING A s DIAMOND Solve the following problems. Use your solution to complete the drawing below. An Example is done f you on the first line. Ex minutes = hour If, draw If, draw If 60, draw If If 00 8, draw, draw If 00, draw 3. days = year If 36, draw If 36, draw If 47, draw If 34, draw. 00 If 0, draw If 00, draw 6. Round 0.78 to the nearest hundredths place if 0.7, draw If 0.73, draw # #6 # # #3 # #4 # Ex.

8 ANSWER SHEET REGGIE JACKSON TH -8 TH HOW FAR WILL THE A s TRAVEL GUESS WHO. DESIGNING A s DIAMOND Circle the crect answer Bonus: ROLLIE FINGERS. Mean Median Mean Median 3. Mean Median 4-. How many years did Rollie Fingers play in the Maj Leagues? CONGRATULATIONS!