Many children in Palo Alto enjoy playing soccer. Soccer may seem like a purely physical sport, but there is also math. Here are some soccer related math problems provided to you by the Mathnasium of Palo Alto / Menlo Park:
- A soccer game is really long at 90 minutes! If Charlie’s game is a third of the way through the first half how much time is left in until half time?
- During one soccer game in Palo Alto, Stacy scored two goals in 24 minutes. If there is 36 minutes left in the game and she keeps scoring at this rate, how many more goals will she score in this game?
- If James burns 40 calories every five minutes of playing soccer and his coach keeps him playing for 60% of the game, how many calories does he burn during the game?
- Two Palo Alto soccer teams are playing against each other. If Carol’s team scores once every 27 minutes and Holly’s team scores twice every 50 minutes which team will win?
Next time you play soccer in Palo Alto enjoy the game and think about all the math involved. You will be amazed at how many things contain math in them!