Monday, July 27, 2009

Activity 1

A fair die is thrown once. What is the probablity that ...

i) What is a fair die?
ii) Why must it be stated that it is 'a fair die'?
iii) What is another word to mean 'fair' die?

Activity 2: Card example

i) State your stack of cards.
ii) Make statement(s) about the probability in the given situation.

Activity 3: Another Example

Explore your daily encounters to create another scenario from which you can state probabilities.

Example:
P(I will head home straight after school today)=2/5
P(I will eat out with my friends before heading home today)=2/5
P(I will go to Popular before heading home today)=1/5

Activity 4 : Prob = 1

State a situation where the probablity is equals to 1.

Activity 5 : Prob = 0

State a situation where the probability is equal to 0.

Activity 6 : Bag of chips

i) State what is in your bag.
ii) Form probability statements pertaining to the contents in your bag.

Activity 7 : Set a Question

Set a probability question.