Baseball Math
By Bob Krech
Instructor Magazine, May/June, 2000

Choos two volunteers to demonstrate a simple baseball game for the clas. Give each a die and four place markers (e.g.cubes, chips, coins). Provide a game board -- a piece of unline white paper with a baseball diamond drawn on it.

1. Roll the dice to decide who will bat first. That player puts his or her place markers behind home plate.

2. Each player then rolls a die, or makes the pitch. The numbers on the dice are added together; match the sum to the batting table, below, for the result. A roll of a seven for example is a single.

3. The player at bat moves the first marker according to the batting table. Play continues as in a regular baseball game for three innings. The player with the most runs win.

Students work in pairs. You can make enough game boards and have enough dice for the entire class.