Basketball math worksheets
22 free worksheets for grades 3–8 using real numbers from recent NBA games.
Addition & Subtraction
Totals, winning margins and score-by-quarter sums from real final scores.
Reading a Box Score
Read a real box score table, compare teams and find who led each stat.
Multiplication
Three-pointers × 3, wins × points, yards × 3 feet and full-season totals.
Division
Remainders with ice time and possession clocks, then averages per game.
Fractions
Made-out-of-attempted as fractions, simplifying and comparing.
Decimals
Averages to the tenth, possession percentages and win percentages.
Percentages
Shooting, save and completion percentages, plus percent change.
Ratios & Rates
Simplify ratios, find unit rates and scale a rate to a full season.
Mean, Median, Mode & Range
Summarize a real team's player stats and recent scores.
Positive & Negative Numbers
Plus-minus, goal difference and point differential, below zero and back.
Multi-Step Word Problems
Two- and three-step problems built from one real game.
Solving Equations
Write and solve one-variable equations that real box scores satisfy.