Unit 4 Learning Targets

 In mathematics we have powerful tools to understand situations involving chance

Big Idea

We can use mathematics to understand what to expect in life.

  • Use various strategies to calculate probabilities
  • Choose an appropriate strategy to find probabilities
 
Target 4-A

Understand the language of probability.

  • Use “event”, “trial”, and “complement” correctly.
  • Use proper notation.
  • Interpret what the notation means.
  • Find the probability of a simple event.
  • Find the probability of the complement of an event.
Target 4-B

Understand dependent and independent events

  • Determine if events are dependent or independent. P(A|B) = P(A)?
  • Give examples of dependent or independent events
  • Find probabilities of compound dependent events
  • Find probabilities of compound independent events
Target 4-C

Understand frequency distributions

  • Create a frequency distribution from experimental data
  • Calculate probabilities from a frequency distribution
Target 4-D

Understand expected value

  • Calculate expected value from a probability distribution
  • Calculate fair price for a game
  • Determine how to make a game fair.
  • Explain the meaning of expected value for a situation