Maths in Sports: Level 1 to 3

A football pitch is 100 metres long and 64 metres wide. What is the area of the pitch in square metres?

• 6400

• 640

• 164

• 1640

A rugby player runs 60 metres in 8 seconds. What is their average speed in metres per second?

• 7.5

• 8.5

• 6.5

• 5.5

A basketball weighs 22 ounces. How many pounds is this? (1 pound = 16 ounces)

• 1.25

• 1.375

• 1.5

• 1.75

A sprinter completes a 200 metre race in 24 seconds. What is their average speed in metres per second?

• 8.33

• 12.5

• 6.25

• 7.5

A swimming pool is 25 metres long and 10 metres wide. What is the perimeter of the pool?

• 70 metres

• 60 metres

• 50 metres

• 80 metres

A football team played 38 matches in a season and won 24 of them. What percentage of matches did they win? (Round to the nearest whole number)

• 63%

• 58%

• 71%

• 79%

A cyclist travels 15 miles in 1 hour and 30 minutes. What is their average speed in miles per hour?

• 10

• 12

• 15

• 8

A netball has a mass of 400 grams. What is this in kilograms?

• 0.4

• 4

• 40

• 0.04

A runner completes 4 laps of a 400 metre track. How many miles has the runner covered? (1 mile = 1609 metres, round to 2 decimal places)

• 0.99

• 1.00

• 1.25

• 0.80

A sports drink bottle contains 500 millilitres. How many ounces is this? (1 ounce ≈ 28.4 millilitres, round to 1 decimal place)

• 17.6

• 15.2

• 19.7

• 21.1