BBC Sport has been carrying out some research into the cost of going to a football match and came up with some amazing statistics that can be used to teach primary maths. This puts your maths iin context using real-life data to generate some interesting football related maths activities.
They looked at the costs of season tickets, match-day tickets, programmes, pies, tea and an adult shirt to compare the least and most expensive prices around Europe. A visit to a Premier League match comes out as an expensive option compared to the German Bundesliga or La Liga in Spain, but there is also a huge range of prices within each league in England.
Here is a section from the results. Go to BBC Sport The Price of Football for the original and full chart.
The charts are a great source of data for your class to explore, discuss and then perhaps come up with their own findings.
Here are a few problems and questions to start you off:
Here are a few problems and questions to start you off:
- A family of 4 want to watch a Premier League match. They want to buy the cheapest tickets, 1 programme, 4 pies and 2 teas. Which club would cost the most to visit and which would be the least expensive?
- At which clubs could you buy a season ticket at a lower price than a single (most expensive) match-day ticket for Arsenal?
- How much money is saved buying a season ticket for Crystal Palace rather than a ticket for each of their 19 match? What about other clubs?
- What is the difference in price between the most and least expensive adult shirts in England?
To complete these use the full data from all the charts at BBC Sport: The Price of Football
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I particularly liked the facts above.
The BBC have included some good visual representation of the findings in
'The Price of Football: The best of the BBC Sport study in numbers'.
There are some of the other results below.
The BBC have included some good visual representation of the findings in
'The Price of Football: The best of the BBC Sport study in numbers'.
There are some of the other results below.
To view the information above go to
'The Price of Football: The best of the BBC Sport study in numbers'.
'The Price of Football: The best of the BBC Sport study in numbers'.
BBC Sport are also running a regular feature:
Maths of the day - the maths behind the match
This is one of their topics:
What's the maths behind a free kick?