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Probability as a Fraction StudyJam

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Probability as a Fraction StudyJam

URL:

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Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

In this interactive activity, students will be introduced to probability and how to express a probability as a fraction. Vocabulary words related to probability, like impossible, certain, and likely are introduced. There are teaching activities as well as practice activities available. A handout that reviews the strategies taught during the activity can be printed. After utilizing this resource, the students can complete the short quiz to assess their understanding.

Content Standard(s):

Mathematics
MA2019 (2019)
Grade: 7

13. Use a number from 0 to 1 to represent the probability of a chance event occurring, explaining that larger numbers indicate greater likelihood of the event occurring, while a number near zero indicates an unlikely event.

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Accurately describe the likelihood of an event occurring.
Describe the probability of an event occurring on a scale of 0 to 1 and using appropriate vocabulary based on the scale.
Categorize and order the probabilities of events by their likelihood.
Use words like impossible, very unlikely, unlikely, equally likely/unlikely, likely, very likely, and certain to describe the probabilities of events.

Teacher Vocabulary:

probability
Event
Chance
likely
Unlikely
very unlikely
very likely
Equally likely
Impossible
Certain

Knowledge:

Students know:

probability is equal to the ratio of favorable number of outcomes to total possible number of outcomes.
As a number for probability increases, so does the likelihood of the event occurring.
A probability near 0 indicates an unlikely event.
A probability around 1/2 indicates an event that is neither unlikely nor likely.
A probability near 1 indicates a likely event.

Skills:

Students are able to:

approximate the probability of a chance event.
Use words like impossible, very unlikely, unlikely, equally likely/unlikely, likely, very likely, and certain to describe the probabilities of events.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

the probability of a chance event is a number between 0 and 1 that expresses the likelihood of the event occurring.
An event that is equally likely or equally unlikely has a probability of about 0.5 or �.
The sum of the probabilities of an event and its complement must be 1.

Diverse Learning Needs:

Essential Skills:

Learning Objectives:
M.7.13.1: Define probability and event.
M.7.13.2: Recall the order of fractions on a number line.
M.7.13.3: Recall how to compare fractions with like denominators.
M.7.13.4: Demonstrate how to compare fractions with different denominators.
M.7.13.5: Determine the likelihood of an event occurring.

Prior Knowledge Skills:

Recall addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.
Identify two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size or the same point on a number line.
Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
Generate equivalent fractions.

Mathematics
MA2019 (2019)
Grade: 7
Accelerated

29. Use a number between 0 and 1 to represent the probability of a chance event occurring, explaining that larger numbers indicate greater likelihood of the event occurring, while a number near zero indicates an unlikely event. [Grade 7, 13]

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Accurately describe the likelihood of an event occurring.
Describe the probability of an event occurring on a scale of 0 to 1 and using appropriate vocabulary based on the scale.
Categorize and order the probabilities of events by their likelihood.
Use words like impossible, very unlikely, unlikely, equally likely/unlikely, likely, very likely, and certain to describe the probabilities of events.

Teacher Vocabulary:

probability
Event
Chance
likely
Unlikely
very unlikely
very likely
Equally likely
Impossible
Certain

Knowledge:

Students know:

probability is equal to the ratio of favorable number of outcomes to total possible number of outcomes.
As a number for probability increases, so does the likelihood of the event occurring.
A probability near 0 indicates an unlikely event.
A probability around 1/2 indicates an event that is neither unlikely nor likely.
A probability near 1 indicates a likely event.
probability is equal to the ratio of favorable number of outcomes to total possible number of outcomes.

Skills:

Students are able to:

approximate the probability of a chance event.
Use words like impossible, very unlikely, unlikely, equally likely/unlikely, likely, very likely, and certain to describe the probabilities of events.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

the probability of a chance event is a number between 0 and 1 that expresses the likelihood of the event occurring.
An event that is equally likely or equally unlikely has a probability of about 0.5 or �.
The sum of the probabilities of an event and its complement must be 1.

Diverse Learning Needs:

Tags:

certain, fraction, impossible, likely, outcome, probability

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

ALEX Classroom Resource

Probability as a Fraction StudyJam