Fitness Word Problems

Worksheet Description

This worksheet features a series of math word problems with a fitness and exercise theme, engaging students with scenarios that involve athletes and fitness activities. Problems range from calculating average points scored in basketball games to dividing exercise tasks among people. The questions require students to use arithmetic operations, particularly division, to find solutions, integrating math with health and physical education topics. The fun illustrations of exercising characters aim to make the math problems more relatable and enjoyable for students.

The purpose of this worksheet is to reinforce students’ division skills through practical and relatable fitness-related scenarios. It teaches students how to apply mathematical operations to solve problems that one might encounter in sports or exercise settings. By working through these problems, students learn to extract and use numerical information from word problems to perform division operations accurately. The worksheet also enhances critical thinking and problem-solving abilities by challenging students to interpret real-life situations mathematically.