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Single and Compound Events

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For this single and compound events worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different problems that contain various single and compound events. First, they determine the probability of selecting an ace and a king without a replacement. Then, students determine the probability of selecting two letters from the alphabet and being both vowels.

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odd numbers, numbers, probability, random numbers, ratios

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odds, probability, random, ratio, repetition, replacement, single and compound events, math
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8th
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Math
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