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    1. Barry Bonds set a Major-League Baseball record by hitting 73 home runs in a single season. If a baseball diamond measures 127 feet from home plate to second base, how far did Bonds run in his 73 home runs combined?

    2. A regulation baseball has a circumference of 9 inches. What is the volume of such a baseball?

    3. An NBA basketball court measures 94 feet long and 50 feet wide. Ashley rolls a basketball from one corner to the opposite corner (diagonally across the court). If the basketball rolls at a constant speed of 4 inches per second, how long will it take the basketball to travel across the court?

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Math... First Hand: Activities for Middle School Math Students
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