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Super Bowl Math

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    4th/5th Grade Math based on Super Bowl LV
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  • This is the year of Super Bowl LVIII. What was the number of the Super Bowl in 2015?
    XLIX
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  • Super Bowl LV was played in Tampa, FL. Tampa is approximately 1255 miles from Kansas City. How far did the team travel by the time they got back home?
    2510 miles
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  • The Buccaneers had a 14 and 5 record last season. What fraction of their games have they lost?
    5/19
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  • The Kansas City Chiefs are 16 and 2 this season. What fraction (in lowest terms) of their games have they won?
    8/9
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  • The Raymond James Stadium in Tampa seats 65,618 people. This year only 22,00 people may attend. How many seats will remain empty?
    43, 618
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  • If the stadium holds 65,618 people and 22,000 people can attend, approximately what fraction of the seats will remain empty.
    2/3
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  • If the Chiefs are 16-2 and the Buccaneers are 14-5, how many games were played in all?
    37
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  • Of the 22,000 tickets available for the Super Bowl, 7500 will be given free to vaccinated healthcare workers. How many tickets will be paid for?
    14,500
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  • Quarterback Patrick Mahomes II was born on Sept. 25, 1995. How old is he?
    25
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  • Quarterback Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977. How old is he?
    43
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  • In November, the Chiefs won with scores of 35-9, 33-31, 35-31, and 27-24. What was the average number of points they scored per game?
    32.5
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  • The Buccaneers have 58 players on their roster. Six players are on injured reserve. What fraction of their players (in lowest terms) cannot play due to injuries?
    3/29
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  • The Chiefs have 51 players on their roster. Four players are out due to injuries and four players are listed as questionable. What is the greatest number of players that will be available for Sunday's game?
    47
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  • In 2017, Patrick Mahomes completed 62.9% of his passes. In 2020, he completed 66.3%. By how many percentage points has he improved?
    3.4 percentage points
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  • The Super Bowl begins at 3:30 PST. An average football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes. If the half time show lasts 1/2 hour, what time can you expect the game to end?
    7:12
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  • This year a 30-second TV ad during the Super Bowl cost $5.6 million. To include that ad on the live stream of the game, advertisers needed to pay an additional $300,000. What was the total cost of a 30 second ad on both TV and live stream?
    $5,900,000 or $5.9 million
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