Students tackle real-life math skills by following their favorite football teams and solving problems based on football statistics, stories, historic games, or situations currently in the news. Sports-loving students analyzing home-field advantage, computing salary averages, and comparing quarterback stats or coaches' records are motivated to practice the computation of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents. Most statistics are provided in the book; a few require looking up the statistics in the newspaper or online. Grades 4-8. Answer key. Illustrated. Second Edition.