Spin a wheel, land on a color ... and win. Learners create a graph to display the probabilities of the amount of money they can win by spinning a colored wheel. The pupils use the dollar amounts and their probabilities to calculate the expected value for that distribution.

Concepts

expected value, probability, probability word problems, theoretical probability, probability experiments

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members see if there is a relationship between the grids covered by the graph and the expected value

Classroom Considerations

• The class should understand expected value
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Pros

• Includes hints for the calculations users need to complete
• Learners can see the correct answer if they select the wrong one

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-MD.A.2 HSS-MD.A.3 MP4 MP5