Based on this data, which do you think is the greatest March Madness program ever?
Once students decide their “best program ever” challenge them use a different criteria than they originally used. That is, ask them to think of another way to determine the best program ever. There are lots of ways to think about it. No one way is the only way or the correct way. The point is to get students reasoning and communicating mathematically. Check out the activity below:
Greatest_March_Madness2018.pdf
For members we have an editable Word docx and solutions.
Greatest_March_Madness2018.docx Greatest_March_Madness2018-solution.pdf
CCSS: 6.RP.1, 6.RP.3, 6.SP.5, 7.RP.3, MP2, MP3
We also have two more March Madness activities:
The perfect Bracket – What are your chances of picking every game? How does the change from 64 to 65 to now, 68 teams in the field complicate things? How many brackets would you need to fill out to pick every possibility? How many reams of paper would you need to print all of those brackets? Do the math!
Does seeding really matter? – Engage your students in percents as they get excited about March Madness. Is getting a higher seed really an advantage? Use 30 years of data to help determine for which seeds it makes sense to pick an upset. Finally, students determine a general strategy for picking games in the first round.
from Yummy Math https://www.yummymath.com/2018/greatest-march-madness-program/
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