Monday, September 14, 2015

Review of probability


We reviewed probability in class today.

Probability is the likelihood that an event will occur.


We did a class activity where the students had to predict the probability of different events happening. 

Ie ....
  • Ms Alison rolling a 6 on a six sided die.
  • Mr Puy selecting a red block from a bag of mixed colored blocks.
  • The probability of guessing Ms Alison's favorite ice cream flavor.
The students made very accurate predictions of Certain, Likely, Unlikely and Impossible. 

I knew all students understood the concept when I asked the question "What is the probability of Teppi catching a bug during lunch break?" and the whole class moved to 'Certain' and 'Highly likely' sections of the room. 




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