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INTRODUCTION Do athletes and coaches use math Can you play sports without doing math 8 27 FAIR PLAY BONUS POSS PERIOD 31 HOME 3 23 VISITOR
Well for one thing mathematics plays a large part in how winning is determined But in the relationship between math and sports scores are just the tip of the iceberg In fact it wouldn’t be unreasonable to say that sports are pure math Mathematics in motion in Action STEM At the end of a hockey game the winning team has a score of 7 and the losing team has a score of 4 how many points did the winning team win by Just subtract the smaller number from the larger number 7 4 3 The winning team won by 3 points 00:00 HOME VISITORS 7 4 00:00 5
