Batting Average My example of rational numbers are batting average. I picked 1 player to show you my example. My player is Ty Cobb. He is the all time leading player in batting average.

Career Connection If he hit the ball 4,189 times out of 11,434 what would his decimal percent be? A..345 B..356 C..457 D..366

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Ty’s Average also in decimal percent. Ty’s batting average was.366. In a fraction that would be 4,189 hits in 11,434 at bats. So on a number line you would have to use 11,500 markers to find his average.

Ty’s Fraction of his Average 4,189 hits in 11,434 at bats. So that means he got out 7,245 he got up to the plate. He hit more than 30% of the time.

Ty’s Average On a number line Ty’s average would look like this ( ) ,189

Conclusion I choose baseball as my integers project because I love it. I work better when I do something I like.