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How Baseball Managers Use Math
  • Authored by: John C. Bertoletti; Math Curriculum Consultant: Rhea A. Stewart, M.A., Specialist in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
  • Also available in Math in the Real World Set, 10-Volumes
  • Trim Size: 7 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 1604136049
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-604-3
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $28.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea Clubhouse
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 796
  • Reading Level: Grades 3-5
  • Pages: 32

Summary

Professional baseball players rely on their managers' math skills to win baseball games. A game made of statistics, baseball requires that everyone involved be aware of how math can affect the outcome of the game—from which order players should bat to the chances of winning a game when one is losing. How Baseball Managers Use Math reveals how baseball managers use math to calculate scores and create game strategies.

Concepts and skills emphasized include:

  • Number Sense and Operations
  • Problem Solving
  • Estimation
  • Measurement
  • Data Analysis
  • Algebraic Thinking
  • Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Glossary. Further reading. Index.

About the Author(s)

John C. Bertoletti is a writer and educator.

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