Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.4B Grade 12 CPI 4

 

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

 

Strand: B - Probability

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 - The student will determine probabilities in complex situations

·        Conditional events

·        Complementary events

·        Dependent and independent events

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        In a standard class test, students are asked to compute the probability that a given raffle ticket for a senior class raffle to raise money for the senior trip will win a prize. The class will be printing 500 tickets that they will sell for $1 each. First prize is a stereo worth $150. Second prize is a $100 shopping spree in the local Gap store. Third prize is a $50 gift certificate to The Golden Goose restaurant. There are ten fourth prizes of a commemorative T-shirt worth $8 each. Students also compute the expected value of each ticket.