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7.SP.5 Understand that the probability of a chance event is a number between 0 and 1 that expresses the likelihood of the event occurring. Larger numbers indicate greater likelihood. A probability near 0 indicates an unlikely event, a probability around 1/2 indicates an event that is neither unlikely nor likely, and a probability near 1 indicates a likely event.
7.SP.6 Approximate the probability of a chance event by collecting data on the chance process that produces it and observing its long-run relative frequency, and predict the approximate relative frequency given the probability.
7.SP.7 Develop a probability model and use it to find probabilities of events. Compare probabilities from a model to observed frequencies; if the agreement is not good, explain possible sources of the discrepancy.
7.SP.8 Find probabilities of compound events using organized lists, tables, tree diagrams, and simulation.
7.GA Represent sample spaces for simple and compound events using lists and tree diagrams.
7.6C Make predictions and determine solutions using experimental data for simple and compound events. 7.6D Make predictions and determine solutions using theoretical probability for simple and compound events. 7.6E Find the probabilities of a simple event and its complement and describe the relationship between the two. 7.6H Solve problems using qualitative and quantitative predictions and comparisons from simple experiments.
7.6I Determine experimental and theoretical probabilities related to simple and compound events using data and sample spaces
PROBABILITY
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Students will be able to apply probability concepts.
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A group of coins is shown
below. What is the probability
of drawing each type of coin?
A spinner is shown below. What
is the probability of the spinner
not landing on a striped section?
A group of coins is shown
below. What is the probability
and its complement of randomly
selecting a nickel?
A spinner is shown below. What
is the probability of spinning a
dotted or solid section?
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A number cube is rolled 600
times. Predict how many times a
2 or a 6 would be rolled.
A number cube is rolled 300
times. Predict how many times a
number greater than 3 would be
rolled.
The spinner below is spun
250 times. Predict about
how many times the spinner
would land on a 6.
The spinner below is spun 300
times. Predict how many times
the spinner would not land on a
prime number.
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A sandwich shop offers wheat or
white buns, turkey or ham, and
mayo or mustard. Sketch a tree
diagram to represent the various
options for a sandwich.
In Michael’s closet he can choose
from a yellow, green, or orange
shirt, navy or gray shorts, and
tennis shoes or sandals. Create a
table to represent the various
clothing options.
Katie will roll a number cube and
flip a coin for an experiment. The
faces of the cube are labeled 1
through 6. The coin can land on
heads or tails. Sketch a tree
diagram to represent the various
options for the experiment.
Jared can choose to go to the
movies or to go to the gym. He
can ride the subway, walk, or
drive. Create a list to represent
the various options Jared has.
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Jack has a bag of coins. The bag contains 8 dimes, 4 nickels, 3 pennies, and 1 quarter. He will randomly select 2 coins from the bag
at one time without replacement. What is the probability that Jack will
select 2 dimes?
A drawer of socks contain: 3 navy socks, 4 gray socks, and 3 black socks. Mandy randomly selects two
socks, one at a time and does not replace them. What is the probability
that the first sock Mandy selects will be gray and the second sock will be
navy?
A bag of fruit contains 5 apples, 3 pears, and 6 oranges. Toby randomly
selects two pieces of fruit, one at a time and does not put them back. What is the probability that the first
piece of fruit Toby selects will be an orange and the second piece of fruit
will be an apple?
Celine has a bag of scrabble letters. The bag contains 2 Es, 5 As, 3 Ss, and 2 Rs. She will randomly select 2
letters from the bag one at a time without replacement. What is the probability that Celine will select an
E and then an R?
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Marissa is selecting a sports ball. She selects one at random, replaces
it, and then selects another ball. What is the probability that Marissa
selects a football both times?
A drawer of office supplies contains: 3 yellow highlighters, 7 green highlighters, and 4 pink highlighters.
A highlighter will be selected from the drawer, then replaced, and another highlighter will be selected
from the drawer. What is the probability that the first draw is a
green highlighter and the second is a pink highlighter?
Mr. Meyers is selecting two
marbles from a bag. What is
the probability that Mr. Meyers
will select a gray marble,
replace it, and then select a
marble with stripes?
A dresser drawer contains 15 winter scarves. Four are striped, two are
solid, six are patterned, and three are polka dotted. A scarf will be selected from the drawer and then replaced. Then, another scarf will be selected from the drawer. What is the probability that the first draw
is a striped scarf and the second
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A number cube is rolled 24
times. How many times will a
number less than three be
expected to be rolled?
A coin is flipped 10 times. It
lands on heads four times.
What is the difference
between the experimental
and theoretical probability of
the coin landing on heads?
A coin is flipped 10 times. It
lands on tails seven times.
What is the difference
between the experimental
and theoretical probability of
the coin landing on tails?
Use the table below to determine a reasonable prediction of the number of votes for baseball out of the next 300 votes.
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The spinner shown below is spun
one time. What is the probability
of the arrow not landing on an
even section?
Each player in a game will
roll a number cube and flip a
coin. How many different
combinations of 1 odd
number and tails?
Use the table below to determine a reasonable prediction of the number of votes for ice cream out of the next 270 votes.
A box of 30 batteries is
checked and two are
defective. Based on these
results, how many can be
predicted to be defective in a
box of 120?
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Unit: Probability Task Cards
PROBABILITY TASK CARDS
P(penny) 3/10 P(nickel) 1/5 P(dime) 2/5
P(quarter) 1/10 7/8 1/2
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