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Dependent Events: Cheryl's Birthday InteractiveDependent Events: Cheryl's Birthday Interactive
Publisher
CK-12 Foundation
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Interactives
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Duration
15 mins
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Direct Instruction
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Video
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Year
2015
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Dependent Events: Cheryl's Birthday

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Use dependency to find a birthday. Learners use an interactive to keep track of excluded potential dates of a birthday using information provided to two people about a third's birthday. Scholars then use the dependency between the dates and months given to find out the birthday.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

dependent events, outcomes, birthdays

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Lead a discussion on how the two use dependent events
  • Have the class brainstorm why it is important to know whether events are dependent or not

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Pros

  • Includes hints for several of the problems
  • Reveals the correct answer if needed

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSS-CP.A.3 HSS-CP.A.5 MP2 MP5

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