NCAA Integer Operations

Students use integer operations to represent and analyze college-basketball statistics, investigating "home-court advantage" by creating a new variable (wins minus losses), giving meaning to positive and negative values, then building a simple predictive model.

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Field Value
Subject Area Mathematics
Grade Band 6-8
Technology Tool CODAP
Class Time Estimate 2
Data Science Focus
  • 6-8.C.2.1a Use reasoning about distributions to compare two groups based on quantitative variables.
  • 6-8.C.2.2a Represent the variability of numerical variables using appropriate displays (e.g., dotplots, boxplots).
Standards Alignment
  • 6.SP.B.4
  • 7.NS.A.1
  • 7.NS.A.2
  • 7.NS.A.3
Prerequisites Understanding integers and the number line; adding/subtracting integers; subtraction as difference; comparing numbers.
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Date Created July 8, 2026
Last Updated July 8, 2026