Sports Percentages and Fractions

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🏈 Part 1: Converting Sports Statistics

1. An AFL team wins 15 out of 22 games. Convert their winning record to a percentage (round to 1 decimal place).

2. A netball player scores 85% of her shots. Express this as a fraction in simplest form.

3. A cricket batsman has a strike rate of 3/5. What is this as a percentage?

35%

60%

65%

75%

4. A basketball player makes 0.72 of their free throws. Express this as both a percentage and a fraction in simplest form.

Percentage: _________%

Fraction: _________

📊 Part 2: Real Sports Scenarios

5. The Sydney Swans won 18 games and lost 6 games this season. Calculate:

a) Total games played: _______

b) Winning percentage: _______%

c) Loss ratio as a fraction: _______

6. A rugby league team's possession statistics show they held the ball for 28 minutes out of an 80-minute game. What fraction of the game did they have possession? Express as a simplified fraction and percentage.

7. Which soccer player has the better goal-scoring record?

Player A: Scored 12 goals in 16 games

Player B: Scored 65% of their shots on goal (20 shots)

Player A

Player B

They are equal

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🎯 Part 3: Problem Solving

8. A tennis player wins 3/4 of her first serves and 2/5 of her second serves. In a match, she served 60 first serves and 40 second serves. How many serves did she win in total?

9. An Australian cricket team's batting statistics show:

• Batsman 1: 45 runs from 60 balls

• Batsman 2: 72 runs from 90 balls

• Batsman 3: 38 runs from 50 balls

Calculate each batsman's strike rate as a percentage and rank them from highest to lowest.

10. A swimming coach notices that 7/12 of the team improved their personal best times this season. If there are 36 swimmers on the team, how many swimmers improved? What percentage of the team is this?