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Soccer Shootout
Part 1
The Blue Knights soccer team is practicing kicking the soccer ball into the goal. To
begin, each player attempts kicks for 2 minutes and then reports the fraction of
goals they made. Brad, Alice, and Andre report the following fractions:
Player Goals Made
Brad 4
5
Alice 1
2
Andre 4
6

Graph each fraction on a number line.

1. Which of these players made the greatest fraction of goals?

4
2. Brad took 5 kicks and made 4 goals: . Sydney will take 10 shots and she
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wants to make an equivalent fraction of the goals. How many goals must she
make?

4
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5 10

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3. Andre took 6 kicks and made 4 goals: . Tom wants to take more than 20
6
kicks and make an equivalent fraction to Andre. What are two possible
fractions of goals Tom can make?

Part 2
1. After kicking, one coach likes to play practice games with 6 players on each
team. She doesn’t like any team to have more or fewer than 6 players and
she doesn’t like anyone to be left off a team. What are the possible numbers
of players who must show up to practice so that the coach can make these
teams?

2. 32 players showed up today. How many players can the coach make on each
team so that each player is on a team and every team has the same numher
of players?

1 1
3. of the players on every team are girls. Write 3 fractions equivalent to .
4 4

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