Give it your best shot!

Did you know statistics is essential for analysing a game of basketball? For
players, statistics can be used to determine individual strengths and
weaknesses. Statistics are used to rank a player based on the number of shots,
steals and assists made during a game. Let’s check out your statistics!

1. Stand on the marked line and attempt to shoot the basketball into the
hoop. Make a tally in the table below to show if the ball went into the
hoop or if you missed. Repeat this 10 times.

Made it in Missed

2.a) Write the shots that ‘made it in’ as a fraction.

b) Convert your fraction to a percentage.

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For example
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= 90% %
10 =
3. Mark the likelihood of you shooting a basketball into the hoop by placing it
on the number line.