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The Better Batter —
The FIX Key
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TI-30X ÙS: A Guide for Teachers
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Problem
You are going to play Virtual Baseball. You need to select 9 players from the list to
be on your team. Choose the players with the best batting averages.
Procedure
1. Find the batting averages (number of hits
¾
number of times at bat) rounded to
3 decimal places for each player.
Player Number of Hits Number of
Times at Bat
Batting Average
(rounded to 3 decimal places)
C. Ripken 122 368
Puckett 119 363
Molitor 119 364
Greenwell 104 334
Tartabull 103 311
Palmeiro 120 366
Franco 109 344
Joyner 105 338
Boggs 106 329
Baines 91 290
Sax 113 388
Williams 20 74
Sheridan 15 63
Barfield 64 284
Mattingly 109 367
Hall 87 280
2. Make a list of your players in order, from highest to lowest.
Player 1 ____________________ Player 6 ____________________
Player 2 ____________________ Player 7 ____________________
Player 3 ____________________ Player 8 ____________________
Player 4 ____________________ Player 9 ____________________
Player 5 ____________________