🗂️ Sports Word Problems for K-8

A basketball team scores 15 points in the first half and 22 in the second half. What is their total score?

A track is 400 meters around. How many laps equal 5 kilometers?

In basketball, 3-point shots are worth 3 points and 2-point shots are worth 2 points. If a player makes 4 three-pointers and 7 two-pointers, how many total points?

A marathon is 42.195 km. If a runner completes it in 3 hours 30 minutes, what is their average speed in km/h?

In soccer practice, you score 3 goals on Monday, 5 on Wednesday, and 4 on Friday. How many goals in total this week?

A tennis player wins 18 out of 24 matches. What percentage did she win?

A relay race team has 4 runners. Each runner runs 100 meters. How far do they run in total?

A football team wins 60% of their games. They have 5 games left. If they win all remaining games, what will their final winning percentage be if they have played 15 games so far?

A baseball player has 45 hits in 150 at-bats. What is their batting average? (batting average = hits ÷ at-bats)

A swimmer completes 50 meters in 45 seconds. At this pace, how long will 200 meters take?

In soccer practice, you score 3 goals on Monday, 5 on Wednesday, and 4 on Friday. How many goals in total this week?

A tennis player wins 18 out of 24 matches. What percentage did she win?

A football team wins 60% of their games. They have 5 games left. If they win all remaining games, what will their final winning percentage be if they have played 15 games so far?

A basketball team scores 15 points in the first half and 22 in the second half. What is their total score?

A track is 400 meters around. How many laps equal 5 kilometers?

In basketball, 3-point shots are worth 3 points and 2-point shots are worth 2 points. If a player makes 4 three-pointers and 7 two-pointers, how many total points?

In soccer practice, you score 3 goals on Monday, 5 on Wednesday, and 4 on Friday. How many goals in total this week?

A tennis player wins 18 out of 24 matches. What percentage did she win?

A relay race team has 4 runners. Each runner runs 100 meters. How far do they run in total?

A football team wins 60% of their games. They have 5 games left. If they win all remaining games, what will their final winning percentage be if they have played 15 games so far?

A swimmer swims 50 meters in 40 seconds. At this speed, how long will it take to swim 200 meters?

A soccer team scores 3 goals in the first half and 2 in the second half. What is the final score?

A golfer plays 18 holes and scores 5 strokes on each hole. What is the total score?

A basketball player has a 40% free throw percentage. Out of 50 free throw attempts, how many will they make?

A runner trains 5 days a week, running 8 miles each day. How many miles does she run per week?

A volleyball team wins 12 games and loses 8 games. How many total games did they play?

A basketball team averages 95 points per game. Over a 20-game season, what is their total points?

A runner completes 15 miles in 3 hours. How many miles per hour is that?

A team has 11 players. How many players in 5 identical teams?

A golfer plays 18 holes with an average score of 4.5 strokes per hole. What is the total score?

A volleyball match has 5 sets. If each set takes 30 minutes, how long is the match?

A swimmer swims 2 km daily. How far will they swim in 14 days?

A baseball team plays 162 games per season. If they win 60% of their games, how many games do they win?

A basketball player scores 28 points in a game by making 3-pointers and 2-pointers. If they made 6 three-pointers, how many 2-pointers did they make?

A soccer team has won 18 games, lost 6, and tied 2. What percentage of games have they won?

A basketball team scores 18 points in the first quarter and 22 points in the second quarter. How many points do they have at halftime?

A soccer team plays 20 games in a season. They win 12 games. How many games do they lose?

A runner completes a marathon in 3 hours and 45 minutes. If the marathon is 26.2 miles, what is their average pace in minutes per mile?

A basketball player makes 75% of free throws. If they attempt 20 free throws, how many do they make?