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Sports Addition Problems
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Sports Addition Problems
Add the scores, times or amounts in each problem. Show your working where space is provided.
Add the Sports Totals
Work out each total. You may add the numbers in any order that helps you.
1.At a basketball tournament, Dylan scored 27 points in one game, 19 in the next and 34 in the final. How many points did she score altogether?
2.In a cricket match, the home side made 67 runs in its first innings and 48 in its second. The visiting side made 59 runs in its first innings and 36 in its second. How many runs did the two sides make in total?
3.Mason swam three races in 31 seconds, 46 seconds and 39 seconds. What was the combined time for the races?
4.A football club earned 24 points, 17 points, 32 points and 15 points across four matches. What was its total?
Choose and Use a Strategy
Think about efficient ways to add, and estimate when asked.
5.Jarrah received $135 for winning one tennis round, $165 for the next round and $200 for the final. Which statement describes a strategy that will find her total prize money?
- Add the three amounts in one calculation.
- Add two amounts first, then add the remaining amount.
- Partition the amounts into hundreds, tens and ones before adding.
- Any of these strategies can be used.
6.At a school athletics meet, Gold House scored 248 points, Silver House scored 176 points and Jade House scored 193 points. Estimate the total by rounding each score to the nearest hundred. Write your estimate and explain how you rounded.
7.A rugby player scored 5 tries worth 4 points each in one match, 2 tries in another and 3 tries in a third. How many points did the player score from tries across all three matches?
Create and Solve
Make up a sports addition problem, then try the extension calculation.
8.Choose a sport and invent a score problem that needs at least three numbers to solve. Write the problem and solve it.
9.In a hockey round-robin, a team scored 28 goals in its first match, 35 in its second and 42 in its third. What was its total number of goals?
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