The Masters of Math Challenge

MASTERS OF MATH The Masters is a Professional Golf tournament played in the first weeks of April every year in Augusta, Georgia. The best players in world are invited and it’s viewed by many as the best golf course and tournament in the world. The Masters of Math combines the spirit of this legendary golf tournament with some of the most challenging Math word problems. Just like the challenging putting greens of Augusta, you’ll have to analyze and think your way through the tough terrain that is the Masters of Math. Answer enough questions correct and putt your golf skills to the test! MASTERS **See printables at end of slide show

MASTERS OF MATH Before we begin lets review some key Golf vocabulary that will help you: Stroke – when a player takes a swing to hit the golf ball Par- the # of strokes per hole it should take a player to sink the ball in the cup Birdie – scored by a player who sinks the ball in the cup one stroke under par for that hole. A birdie is represented as a score of – 1 Hole-in-One – when a player makes the ball in the cup on his first shot Drive- A drive in golf is typically a golfer’s first stroke off a tee, using a larger golf club known as a driver Putt- A putt is typically a golfer’s last stroke before they sink the ball in the cup, using a golf club known as a putter Round – the amount of time it takes to play 18 holes of golf Front 9 – the first 9 holes on a golf course Back 9 – the last 9 holes on a golf course *Golf is one of the few sports where the lower your score, the better your score, players strive to shoot under par which will gave them a negative score, ex: - 3 . **If you’d like to know any other key golf terms not mentioned you can visit: http://www.waggle.com/golf-terms/

Score Card (answer sheet) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part A: Part A: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part A: Part A: Record your answers for each hole in the designated box Some questions have 2 or more parts to answer Part B: Part B: 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Part A: Part A: Part A: Part B: Part B: Part B: 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Part A: Part B: Part B: Part C: Part A: GOOD LUCK!

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MATH MASTERS During a practice putting session, Tiger Woods sucessfully made 3 out of every 5 putts. If Tiger took a total of 80 putts, how many of them did he make? A. 60 B. 32 C. 48 D. 72 Photo by: minds-eye acquired from Wikimedia Commons Freestockphotos.biz

MATH MASTERS Brian and John hit their drives a combined total of 540 yards. If Brian drove his golf ball 285 yards, which equation below would help you find the value of j, the distance of John’s drive? A. 2(285 + 540) = j B. 285 + 540 = j C. j = 540 ÷ 285 D. j = 540 - 285

MATH MASTERS Help Johnny find his golf ball. His ball is at the spot closest to ⅔ on the number line: PART A A B C D ¼ ½ ¾ 1 PART B: Johnny claims that all four golf balls are at spots that are less than 9/12 on the number line. Is Johnny correct? Explain why or why not.

MATH MASTERS Rory McIlroy signed an average of 12 autographs every 15 minutes. If this rate continued, about how many autographs would Rory have signed in 2 hours? A. 48 B. 72 C. 96 D. 108 PART A: PART B: If Rory signed 156 autographs, then how long was he signing for?? Rory McIlroy

MATH MASTERS Below is the current leaderboard for the golf tournament. How many total strokes separate Johnson from Callahan? A. 8 strokes B. 10 strokes C. 2 strokes D. 3 strokes LEADERBOARD GOLFER SCORE 1. Johnson - 5 2. Sullivan - 3 3. Wallace - 1 4. Bender + 2 5. Callahan + 3 6. Reagle +4

MATH MASTERS What fraction of the golf balls have the #1? A. 6/9 B. 2/5 C. 7/15 D. 1/3

MATH MASTERS Larry took 6 strokes to finish the seventh hole. Write 6 as an improper fraction with a denominator of 4: A. 24/4 B. 6/4 C. 48/4 D. 12/4

MATH MASTERS The cube below is going to be painted in two different colors. 3 of the faces are going to be painted green, the other 3 are going to be painted white. Find the surface Area of the 3 green faces. A. 12.25 ft sq. B. 42.875 ft sq. C. 36.75 ft sq. D. 21 ft sq. MASTERS 3.5 ft

MATH MASTERS MASTERS 2015 Key chains PART B: How many crates are needed to hold 80 boxes of key chains? Key Chains 1 BAG Contains 14 Key Chains 1 BOX Contains 25 bags of key chains 1 CRATE Contains 16 boxes of key chains PART A *The Pro Shop at the Augusta National Golf Club, is selling novelty 2015 MASTERS key chains. According to the information above, How many key chains would be found in one crate? A. 16 B. 55 C. 750 D. 5,600

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MATH MASTERS A total of 530 golf balls were hit by a group of four golfers at the driving range. Rory hit 1/5 of the golf balls. Tiger hit 3/10 of the golf balls. Phil hit the most golf balls out of the group. Ernie hit 1/10 of the golf balls. What fraction of the golf balls did Phil hit? A. 5/10 B. 2/10 C. 2/5 D. 3/5 PART A PART B: How many total golf balls did Phil and Ernie hit combined?

MATH MASTERS The ratio of Golf Tees to Golf Balls is: 25 20 Select all of the following that are equivalent to this ratio? A. 1 ¼ C. 5/4 B. 1.25 D. 4/5

MATH MASTERS The line plot below shows how many strokes were taken by the golfers on the 12th hole. Each X represents 1 golfer. PART A: How many golfers took 5 or more strokes to complete the hole? PART B: According to the Line Plot, 24 golfers played the 12th hole. How many total strokes were taken by all the golfers who played the 12th hole? X X X X X X X X X X X X X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Strokes taken on 12th hole

MATH MASTERS Manny used 21 gallons of water to wash 9 golf carts. He used the same amount of water to wash each cart. How much water did Manny use on each golf cart? A. 2 and 9/21 gallons B. 2 and 1/3 gallons C. 3 and 3/9 gallons D. 3/7 gallons

MATH MASTERS 8/12 of Arnie’s golf clubs are irons. Of those irons, 1/3 are made from Titanium. What fraction of Arnie’s golf clubs are Titanium Irons? A. 2/9 B. 9/15 C. 24/12 D. 1/3

MATH MASTERS Bubba’s average score over the last three days was a 71.4 . It took him an average of 4.25 hours to play each round of golf. Find the product of 71.4 and 4.25. A. 30.345 B. 75.65 C. 303.45 D. 281.45

MATH MASTERS Jack was attempting to make a long putt that was 32 feet in length. Jack’s putt ended up only traveling 3/4 of the necessary distance. How many feet does Jack still have left to reach the hole? A. 8 feet B. 16 feet C. 4 feet D. 24 feet 32 feet

MATH MASTERS There’s a large rectangular flower bed that is 20ft long and 8 ft wide, near the entrance of the clubhouse. The flower bed is filled with 3 different colored azalea flowers. 1/2 of it is filled with yellow azaleas, 1/4 of it is filled with white azaleas, and the remainder of the flower bed is filled with pink azaleas. Part A: What is the area of the entire flower bed? 8 ft Part B: What is the area of the pink portion of the flower bed? 20 ft

MATH MASTERS PART A How many units must Golf ball A travel to reach Golf ball B? A. 7 B. 14 C. 9 D. 18 PART C: Find the Area of the triangle B 9.9 7 PART B: A third golf ball is added, Classify the triangle they form by both its sides and angles: A C 7

MASTERS OF MATH Congratulations! You’ve completed all 18 questions of the Masters of Math! Please turn in all scorecards to your teacher.

Answer Key **Teachers print out prior to starting FRONT 9 BACK 9 1. C 10. Part A = C 2. D Part B = 265 3. Part A= C Part B= Johnny is incorrect, 11. A, B, C 9/12 is equal to ¾ & golf ball D is in a spot 12. Part A = 13 golfers greater than ¾ Part B = 114 strokes 4. Part A= C 13. B Part B= 3 hours 15 minutes 14. A 5. A 6. B 15. C 7. A 8. C 16. A 9. Part A= D 17. Part A = 160 ft sq. Part B= 5 crates Part B = 40 ft sq. 18. Part A = 14 units Part B = Isosceles, right Part C = 24.5 units sq. **Teachers print out prior to starting

Score Card (answer sheet) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part A: Part A: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part A: Part A: Part B: Part B: 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Part A: Part A: Part A: Part B: Part B: Part B: 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Part A: Part B: Part B: Part C: Part A: ** Print Out for students prior to starting