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Name ______Date ______

The apostrophe ‘ means FOOT.

The quote “ means INCHES.

There are 12 INCHES in 1 FOOT.

Complete the following math problems using the data below.

Basketball player heights

Player's Name / Player's Height
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / 7 feet 2 inches
Moses Malone / 6 feet 10 inches
Earl Monroe / 6 feet 3 inches
Larry Bird / 6 feet 9 inches
Hakeem Olajuwon / 7 feet 0 inches
Shaquille O'Neal / 7 feet 1 inch
Wilt Chamberlain / 7 feet 1 inch
Charles Barkley / 6 feet 6 inches
Julius Erving / 6 feet 7 inches
Patrick Ewing / 7 feet 0 inches
Isiah Thomas / 6 feet 1 inch
Scottie Pippen / 6 feet 8 inches
Michael Jordan / 6 feet 6 inches
Magic Johnson / 6 feet 9 inches
Bill Walton / 6 feet 11 inches
Wes Unseld / 6 feet 7 inches
David Robinson / 7 feet 1 inch
  1. Graph player by height.

6’0” 6’1” 6’2” 6’3” 6’4” 6’5” 6’6” 6’7” 6’8” 6’9” 6’10” 6’11” 7’0” 7’1” 7’2”

  1. The combined heights of all players. ______
  1. The tallest player ______
  1. The average height of all players ______
  1. Make a bar graph of the ten shortest players

6’10”
6’9”
6’8”
6’7”
6’6”
6’5”
6’4”
6’3”
6’2”
6’1”
6’0”
PLAYER
  1. Magic Johnson is how many inches taller than the shortest player?______
  1. Which player is 83 inches tall? ______
  1. Which players are 84 inches tall? ______
  1. What is the average height of all players with last names beginning with M? ______
  1. Using a penny as a basketball and a cup as a basket and placing the cup two feet from you, throw 15 pennies into the cup.

______number of baskets

______number of misses

______average number of throws to make a basket.

______number of throws you would need to get 100 baskets

______number of throws you need to make 55 baskets.

Answers:

  1. Graph player by height.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Moses Malone
Earl Monroe
Larry Bird
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Wilt Chamberlain
Charles Barkley
Julius Erving
Patrick Ewing
Isiah Thomas
Scottie Pippen
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
Bill Walton
Wes Unseld
David Robinson

6’0” 6’1” 6’2” 6’3” 6’4 6’5 6’6 6’7 6’8 6’9 6’10 6’11 7’0 7’1 7’2

  1. 114’ – 10”
  1. KAREEM ABDUL-JABAR
  1. 6’ 9”
  1. Make a bar graph of the ten shortest players

6’10”
6’9”
6’8”
6’7”
6’6”
6’5”
6’4”
6’3”
6’2”
6’1”
6’0”
player / Moses Malone / Earl Monroe / Larry Bird / Charles Barkley / Julius Erving / Isiah Thomas / Scottie Pippen / Michael Jordan / Magic Johnson / Wes Unseld
  1. 8 INCHES
  1. BILL WALTON
  1. PATRICK EWING, HAKEEM OLAJUWON
  1. 6 ‘ 6.5 “
  1. ANSWERS VARY

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