Sunday, November 13, 2011

Math Links7 pg.138 #7

Practice pages 137-138



7. A baseball player’s batting average is the
ratio of number of hits to times at bat. It is
usually expressed as a decimal number.

Number of hits
Batting average= ___________

Times at bat



PLAYER TIMES AT BAT HITS
A 605 194
B 624 197


a) What is the batting average for each
player? Round each answer to the
nearest thousandth.
A= 3.1185567-3.119
B= 3.19675126-3.168


b) Which player had a better batting
average for the season? Justify your
response.
= Player B, because he had more hits
than Player A.

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