Volume in Sports

 

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Mens Basketball diameter 238.8mm

Soccer ball 110mm

Volleyball 105 mm

Baseball 37mm

Cricket 36mm

Tennis 33mm

Golf 12.35mm

Squash 20mm

Most sports throughout history have been played with some manipulated object, and most popular of all, is the ball. The object of this activity would be to compare the volumes of a variety of different sports balls. We can find the ratios between the different sized sports balls and find equations to represent the relationships between their volumes.

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For example, the volume of a soccer ball is 5575279.67mm3, and the volume of a squash ball is 33510.3mm3, and the ratio of squash balls to soccer balls is 116.375:1, or perhaps that a soccer ball could hold 116 squash balls (theoretically).

We could also find equations of how many golf balls and squash balls combined would fit into a basketball

(x*Vsquash)+(y*Vgolf)≤Vbasketball

  CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.C.9

Know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

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