Time for statistics and learning to overlap! Learners examine Venn Diagrams as a means to organize data. They then use the diagrams to calculate simple and compound probabilities.

Concepts

compound probability, probability, venn diagrams, making predictions, probability word problems

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Poll your class and use this data to create different Venn diagrams
• Create a handout with blank Venn diagrams for use during notes and assignments

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson requires a strong understanding of basic probability
• The fifth in a series of 30 statistics lessons

Pros

• Uses shading to illustrate the meaning of each section in a Venn diagram
• Provides a set of practice problems to use as extra practice along with a worked-out solution guide

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-IC.A.2 HSS-CP.A.1 MP1 MP2