Get set, calculate!
- POSTED ON: 30 Mar, 2019
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- POSTED BY: Madhumitha Srinivasan
- ARTICLE POINTS: 150 Points
What are sports without numbers, points, scores, statistics, and probability? Sports and math have a natural connection.
Coaches use mathematical tools to help predict the outcome of a game and analyse the performance of a team or and individual athlete. For instance, math can help a team decide the best batting order, to maximise the number of runs it can score.
Using data derived through mathematical calculations, like speed, the angle of throw or serve, velocity, and so on, an athlete’s performance can be improved upon.
Here are a few simple arithmetic problems presented with a sporting twist, to make them enjoyable.