Integrated Math II · Week 21 · Applications of Probability
Fair Games
Students design games and test whether they are fair.
- Students will
- Students find the probability of winning for each player and decide whether a game is fair.
- SEL skill
- Design game rules that treat every player fairly and explain why
- What it looks like
- Students practice influencing others with integrity by designing rules that treat players equally.
- Content focus
- Fair games and probability of compound events
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Responsible decision-making
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Standards
- S-CP.7: High School Statistics and Probability: Conditional Probability and the Rules of Probability, standard 7
- S-MD.6: High School Statistics and Probability: Using Probability to Make Decisions, standard 6
- Standard for Mathematical Practice: MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
- CA Mathematics Framework (2023): Reasoning with Data
- Traditional course: Geometry
Fits these textbook chapters
- CCSS Integrated Pathway Mathematics II, Unit 4: Applications of Probability
- Carnegie Learning Integrated Math II, Module 5: Making Informed Decisions
- CPM Core Connections Integrated II, Chapter 3: Probability and Trigonometry
- CPM Core Connections Integrated II, Chapter 12: Counting and Closure
- Savvas enVision Integrated Mathematics II, Topic 10: Probability
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- Conditional Thinking Responsible decision-makingGiven that changes probability; how context changes the meaning of a claim.
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