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Baseball

Today, baseball is a very popular sport in America, however, it was not started in America. In England, a game very similar to baseball was played around the 1600's. Baseball did not come to America until about 1845.

How many years ago from this year (2016) did baseball first begin in America?

Use a model or diagram to show your work.

Baseball Positions

There are many positions in baseball, which are labeled on the field. The pitcher is the player who throws the ball to the person who is batting (positioned near the catcher). The distance between each base is about 90 feet. If the runner on third base is running towards home and is 30 feet away from home, but the first baseman is running towards home and is 60 feet away from first base, who will get to home plate first if they are running the exact same speed? Explain and use the diagram to answer.

Baseball Teams

Baseball teams are made up of many players. Not every player on the team gets to play at the same time, however. There are 9 player spots on the field, which means there will be only 9 players from each team on the field at once. There are 9 players on the field from one team, and a player from the other team goes up to bat. Now there is a total number of 10 players on the field. How many equal groups can be made using all of the players (10)? Is this an odd or equal number? How do you know? Draw a model and explain.

Task 1:

Calculate: How many years ago from this year (2016) did baseball first begin in America?

Use a model or diagram to show your work.

Florida Mathematical Standard:

MAFS.2.NBT.2.7

Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.

Level of cognitive demand: Lower level demands (procedures without connections)

Mathematical Practices: Model with mathematics

Attend to precision

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

Students are solving a one step subtraction word problem. Students need to find the missing date in the story in order to set up the problem. Students are also asked to use a model or diagram to show their work, which will be a representation of 2016- 1845.

Answer: 171 years ago

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"Baseball in America"

Name: Baseball in America
Author: hsapp14

hsapp14

A collection of math word problems related to baseball, targeting second-grade students. The problems involve subtraction, comparison, and determining odd or even numbers.

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