The game should be fair at all costs. The mini-assessment revolves around the ability to use probabilities to determine whether a game is fair. Individuals determine compound events to calculate simple probabilities and make long-run predictions. The task was part of a national, normed math assessment.

Concepts

probability, probability word problems, theoretical probability, probability experiments, fairness, compound events

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Conduct a mini-lesson on what makes a game fair
• Have groups create rules that would favor one player over the other

Classroom Considerations

• The class needs to know prime numbers
• The task was part of a national, normed math assessment

Pros

• The discussion of the item includes typical understanding and misconceptions for specific scores
• The resource includes instructional implications based upon the pupils' performance

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.SP.C.5 7.SP.C.6 7.SP.C.7.a 7.SP.C.7.b 7.SP.C.8.a 7.SP.C.8.b MP3 MP4