Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Algebra Ii: Probabilities of Compound Events
A module for students to build on prior understanding of probability to include compound events; examine independent and dependent events, and describe events as subsets of a sample space,; determine whether events are independent or...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Tree Diagrams and Probability
This lesson plan helps students develop tree diagrams and figure probability of events based on diagrams. Lots of resources are available to support teachers and students at this website.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Cp: False Positive Test Results
A certain test for mononucleosis has a 99% chance of correctly diagnosing a patient with mononucleosis and a 5% chance of misdiagnosing a patient who does not have the infection. Suppose the test is given to a group where 1% of the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Waiting Times
Suppose each box of a popular brand of cereal contains a pen as a prize. The pens come in four colors, blue, red, green and yellow. Each color of pen is equally likely to appear in any box of cereal. Design and carry out a simulation to...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Teaching Percentages
Students can brush up on percentage skills with this lesson and calculate percentages using the "Percent Tricks method." For students to successfully use this method, they must have the ability to multiply and divide whole numbers.