Sports Addition Challenge

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Sports themed illustration with balls and scores

🏆 Part 1: Multi-Step Sports Problems

1. The Kangaroos basketball team had an amazing season! In their first game they scored 78 points, in their second game 92 points, in their third game 65 points, and in their final game 84 points. What was their total score for the season?

Total score: _________ points

2. At the swimming carnival, Emma swam four races. Her times were 1 minute 34 seconds, 2 minutes 18 seconds, 1 minute 47 seconds, and 2 minutes 25 seconds. What was her total swimming time? (Convert everything to seconds first!)

Total time: _________ seconds = _____ minutes _____ seconds

3. The cricket team scored runs across three innings: 147 runs in the first innings, 203 runs in the second innings, and 189 runs in the third innings. If they need 600 runs to win the match, did they reach their target? Show your working.

Total runs scored: _________ runs

Did they win? Circle: YES / NO

4. Challenge Problem: At the athletics carnival, four houses competed. Red House scored 245 points, Blue House scored 298 points, Green House scored 267 points, and Yellow House scored 234 points.
Part A: What was the total points scored by all houses?
Part B: Which house won, and by how many points did they beat second place?

Part A - Total points: _________ points

Part B - Winning house: _________ House won by _____ points

🧠 Part 2: Strategy Explanation

5. Look back at Question 1. Explain the strategy you used to add 78 + 92 + 65 + 84. Did you use partitioning, making ten, or another method?

6. Estimation Challenge: Before solving Question 3, estimate the cricket team's total runs by rounding each innings score to the nearest 50. Show your estimation working:

My estimate: _________ runs

Was your estimate close to the actual answer? _____________

⭐ Part 3: Create Your Own

7. Create your own 4-step addition problem using your favourite sport. Include realistic scores or times, then solve it!

Answer to my problem: _________________

8. Extension Challenge: The netball grand final had these quarter scores:
Quarter 1: Team A scored 18, Team B scored 22
Quarter 2: Team A scored 15, Team B scored 19
Quarter 3: Team A scored 21, Team B scored 16
Quarter 4: Team A scored 24, Team B scored 17
Calculate the final scores and the winning margin. Then create a different set of quarter scores that would give the same final result!

Team A final score: _____ Team B final score: _____ Winning margin: _____

My alternative quarter scores that give the same result: