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Sports Addition Challenge

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Sports Addition Ultimate 

Sports equipment and scoreboard illustration

🏆 Part 1: Multi-Step Sports Problems

1. Basketball Tournament Scores

The Melbourne Tigers scored 34 points in Quarter 1, 28 points in Quarter 2, 31 points in Quarter 3, and 25 points in Quarter 4. What was their total score for the game?

Answer: _______ points

2. Cricket Match Runs

In a cricket match, Player A scored 45 runs, Player B scored 67 runs, Player C scored 23 runs, and Player D scored 38 runs. How many runs did the team score altogether?

Answer: _______ runs

3. Swimming Competition Points

Sarah earned 156 points in freestyle, 134 points in backstroke, 98 points in butterfly, and 127 points in breaststroke. What is her total competition score?

Answer: _______ points

4. AFL Season Goals

During the AFL season, a player kicked 23 goals in the first month, 31 goals in the second month, 19 goals in the third month, and 27 goals in the fourth month. How many goals did he kick in total?

Answer: _______ goals

🧠 Part 2: Problem Solving & Strategy Explanation

5. Tennis Tournament Challenge

In a tennis tournament, Team Australia won matches with these scores: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3, and 6-2. Calculate the total points they scored across all four matches. Show your working using partitioning strategy.

Explain your strategy:

6. Netball Season Totals

A netball team played 6 games. They scored 45, 52, 38, 61, 47, and 39 goals respectively. Estimate first, then calculate their total goals for the season.

My estimate: _______ goals

Actual total: _______ goals

How close was your estimate?

⭐ Part 3: Create Your Own Sports Problem

7. Design Your Challenge

Choose your favourite sport and create a multi-step addition problem involving at least 4 numbers. Make sure your problem tells a story about scores, points, or achievements!

My sport: _________________

My problem:

Solution and working:

8. Extension Challenge

A rugby team scored points in 5 different ways during a season: tries (78 points), conversions (45 points), penalty goals (63 points), drop goals (12 points), and bonus points (28 points). If they want to reach 250 points total, how many more points do they need?

Answer: _______ more points needed

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