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Miscellaneous Math ActivitiesTeachers: The following are classroom mathematics activities for you and yourstudents to enjoy. Feel free to adapt and make copies of these ideas to suit yourclassroom.NERF FOOTBALL: Use a Nerf football to provide math practice. With a permanentmarker draw puzzle pieces all over the ball and number each piece. When the studentcatches the football, they either add or multiply the numbers found under their fingers.You can be “all thumbs” and still enjoy!WEEKLY ANALYZING: Assign each student a team or a player and have them keeptrack of their weekly statistics. Give weekly math problems to the students in order topractice various mathematics skills. Students can keep a journal of their findings tocompare with their classmates’ findings.FIELD FACTS: Take a trip to a football field. Have the students practice using rulers,measuring tapes, and compasses by giving assignments related to the field. How far isthe end zone from the goal post? How many inches is the entire field? How many yardsacross is a field? You could even have the students play a game of catch – how far canthey throw? Who can catch the farthest throw?FOOTBALL FOLDER GAME: Using the inside of a file folder, draw the outlines of 10footballs and then write a different number inside each one. Laminate the folder. Drawmatching football shapes on poster board, add corresponding number of dots, laminateand cut out. To play, the student counts the number of dots on the football and places iton top of the matching numbered footballs on the file folder. You could also use this formultiplication and subtraction by adapting the numbers.ROMAN NUMERAL FUN: Super Bowls are numbered by Roman numerals. Make a listof Roman numerals from one to fifty. Multiply each number on your list by ten and writethe products in Roman numerals.MATHEMATICSDetroit Lions Edition 79 Pro Football Hall of Fame Educational Outreach Program