Challenge your students this week with these football related questions. Focus on creative problem solving, communication and reasoning.
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade: Give students time to color the image then ask the questions related to the image and football.
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade:
1. The player in the image is at the 23-yard line. How many more yards are needed for the player to be at the 30-yard line.
2. Each football player needs two knee pads. How many knee pads are needed for 3 players?
3. Football teams work to score a touchdown. Each touchdown is worth 6 points plus 1 more point if they kick the extra point successfully. A field goal is worth 3 points. How many points does a team have if they have scored 1 touchdown, 1 extra point and 1 field goal? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
3rd – 5th Grade:
Read the facts about points that can be earned in a football game.
Football Points Facts:
- Touchdown scores 6 points
- Extra Point Kick scores 1 point
- Field Goal scores 3 points
- Touchback scores 2 points
1. Teams must move forward 10 yards using no more than 4 attempts or downs to earn a first down. Billy’s team moved forward 6 yards, then lost 2 yards (moved backwards), then moved 1 yard. How many yards must they move to earn a first down? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
2. Ben kicked 5 field goals. Sam kicked 7 field goals. What is the difference in the number of points Ben and Sam scored? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
3. The Chiefs scored a total of 32 points. They scored 3 touchdowns and 3 extra points. No other points were from touchdowns or extra points. Tell how the Chiefs scored the remainder of their points. Use words and numbers to support your answer.
6th – 8th Grade:
1. Jared Goff, quarterback for the Detroit Lions, completed 74.2% of his passes last season. How many passes would you anticipate he complete if he throws 25 passes in one game? Justify your answer.
2. The running back carried the ball for 8 plays during the game. They gained 8 yards, 4.25 yards, 12 yards, 9 yards, 1 yard, 3.5 yards, lost 6.5 yards, and then gained 7.75 yards on his last carry. What is the average number of yards gained for the running back? Justify your answer.
3. Ticket prices vary from stadium to stadium as well as the opponent. Table 1 provides the cost of similar tickets for games for the Dallas Cowboys and the Cincinnati Bengals.
Vince claims that the ticket prices for the Dallas Cowboys games have had a greater percent increase than the ticket prices for the Bengals. Do you agree or disagree with Vince’s claim? Justify your answer.
High School:
1. Table 1 provides two running backs statistics from the previous season.
Which running back would you draft for your team? Justify your answer.
2. The height of a football kicked in the air can be modeled by the equation , where h is the height in feet and t is the time in seconds. How long does it take for the football to hit the ground. Justify your answer.
3. Carl is determining the launch angle needed for him to kick a football 60 yards. Carl kicks a football with an initial velocity of 110 yards per second. Carl claims that he needs a launch angle of 50 .
The equation 
can be used to represent the range (R) or horizontal distance based on the initial velocity (v0), launch angle (theta) and the force of gravity (g = 32.67 yds/s^2). Do you agree or disagree with Carl’s claim? Justify your decision.