Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.4B Grade 6 CPI 3

 

Standard: 4.4 - Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics

 

Strand: B - Probability

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 -  The student will explore compound events.

 

Grade: 6

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Students create a table to show all possible results of rolling two dice. At the left of the rows are the possible rolls of the first die and at the top of the columns are the possible rolls of the second die. They complete the table by putting in each cell the appropriate sum of the number in the top row and the left column. Counting the number of times each sum appears in the table, they determine the probability of getting each possible sum. They then roll two dice 100 times and compare the sums they get with the sums predicted from the table.

 

·        Students make a list of all possible outcomes when four coins are tossed and determine the theoretical probability of having exactly two heads and two tails.