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