How many ways can you slice dice distribution? A short performance task asks pupils to consider different types of distributions. Given histograms showing a triangular distribution and a bimodal distribution, they create pairs of dice that would create those distributions. They also identify real-world situations that would possibly produce the distributions.

Concepts

histograms, relative frequencies

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide a pair of dice to each learner or group to investigate
  

Classroom Considerations

• Scholars must be familiar with how to read histograms
• Experience with relative frequency and distributions is a prerequisite
  

Pros

• Gives answers with explanations in a separate file
• Provides worksheet in Word form for instructors to modify as needed
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-MD.A.3