Taking a Chance: Compound Probability

Lesson Overview

This 8th-grade math lesson delves into compound probability, exploring how to calculate the likelihood of multiple events occurring together. Students will differentiate between independent and dependent events, learning how to apply the multiplication rule while considering the influence one event can have on another.

Duration

Less than 1 hour

Lesson Type

Traditional Lesson

Essential Question

How can we predict the likelihood of multiple events happening together, and how does the outcome of one event influence the probability of another?

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Dice, coins, playing cards, marbles (or other probability manipulatives)

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Standards

8.DPSR Data, Probability, and Statistical Reasoning
- 8.DPSR.2 Calculate and interpret probability
  - 8.DPSR.2.2 Calculate and interpret the probability of compound independent and dependent events

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