Sheet # 203/Baseball
Name: ________________________ Date_____________
Explain and Show Your Work.
A player's batting average is determined by dividing his or her number of hits by the number of times at bat. By using the information in the tables, calculate each player's weekly and four-week period batting averages. Whose batting average was higher in each week? Who has the higher overall batting average for four weeks?
Jerry
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Hits
4
3
7
1
At-bats
10
8
13
6
Barry
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Hits
5
2
5
4
At-bats
12
6
9
10
Answers for Sheet # 203
Jerry
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Hits
4
3
7
1
At-bats
10
8
13
6
Average
0.40
0.37
0.53
0.16
Four week average= (15/37) = 0.40
Barry
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Hits
5
2
5
4
At-bats
12
6
9
10
Average
0.41
0.33
0.55
0.40
Four week average = (16/37) = 0.43
Barry has a higher batting average for the four-week period.