Probability
Objectives:
- To get a basic understanding of probability
Outcomes:
- To correctly complete a probability worksheet involving dice and a deck of cards
Warm-Up:
Check your prior knowledge of probability by completing a worksheet involving probability with dice and cards. Click here to open this worksheet. You can either print a copy of the assignment, or you can do your work on your own piece of paper. Your goal is to score 80% or better. If you score less than 12 correct, go to New Instruction to learn more about statistics. If you get 12 or more correct, move on to Transfer of Knowledge or Skills to extend your knowledge of probability even further. Ask your teacher to help you check your.
New Instruction:
Click here for an introduction to probability. This site will give you definitions and will work through an example to demonstrate how probability works. There is a short, five-question quiz at the end that will check your understanding. Once you are finished, move on to Feedback and Review.
Feedback and Review:
Click here for another worksheet on probability. If you score 80% or better, move on to Transfer of Knowledge or Skills, otherwise try another worksheet.
Click here for another worksheet on probability. If you score 80% or better, move on to Transfer of Knowledge or Skills, otherwise review the lessons under New Instruction.
Transfer of Knowledge or Skills:
More Probability
Permutations and Combinations – This allows us to determine the number of possible ways we can arrange things. For instance, the letters a, b, and c can be arranged as abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba. These are permutations because the order is important. However, with combinations, order is not important. In other words, combining a, b, and c as abc is the same as cab because the three letters are still combined, but in a different order. To learn more about Permutations and Combinations, click here.
When you have finished these activities, return to the math homepage.