Scoring in Sport

BASKETBALL: LA Lakers played Boston Celtics. The Lakers scored 12, 3 pointers and 30, 2 pointers. The Celtics scored 8, 3 pointers and 40, 2 pointers. What was the final score?

• 96 - 104

• 42 - 48

• 104 - 96

• 3 - 2

GAELIC FOOTBALL: Goal = 3 points, A point = 1 point. Team A scored 10 Goals and 3 Points, Team B scored 12 Goals and 5 Points. What was the final score?

• 33 - 41

• 10 - 12

• 43 - 51

• 12 - 10

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL: Goal = 6 points, Behind = 1 point. The Hawks scored 6 goals and 12 behinds. Collingwood scored 8 goals and 4 behinds. What was the final score?

• 6 - 8

• 18 - 12

• 48 - 52

• 44 - 54

RUGBY UNION: Try = 5 points, Conversion = 2 points, Penalty = 3 points, Drop Goal = 3 points. The Lions scored 3 tries, 2 conversions, 3 penalties and 0 drop goals. All Blacks scored 2 tries, 2 conversions, 5 penalties and 0 drop goals. What was the final score?

• 29 - 28

• 28 - 29

• 3 - 2

• 0 - 0

ARCHERY: Using the picture, what would my total be if I got Inner Yellow, Outer Blue, Inner Blue with my three arrows?

• 18

• 19

• 20

• 21

DARTS: S = Single, D = Double, T = Triple, Bullseye = 50, Outer Bullseye = 25. If Phil 'The Power' Taylor got T19, S19, D20. What would be his total?

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SKI JUMPING: 5 style judges give a score out of 20. Ignore the highest and lowest, add together the other 3 and then add on the distance they jumped.

(a)  

DIVING: Ignore high and low scores, add the other 5 scores then multiply by the degree of difficulty.

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