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T h e m e : PROBABILITY
B U L L E T I N B O A R D IDEA
1. Divide the bulletin board into two parts. Cover lower half with light
blue paper and upper half with yellow paper.
2. Reproduce the design and color the frog and lily pads in greens, yellows,
and whites. Make flowers pink. Make fly dark brown. Cut a large sheet
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of white paper for fly's bubble and print inside "What's my probability
of flying away?"
Cut I BET I CAN CATCH HTM from dark-colored paper.
ACTIVITIES
1. Place one blue, three red, and two yellow transparent chips on the over-
head. Ask the children what the probability is of picking a red chip with
your eyes closed? Answer: 3 out of 6 Have the children make a grid
to show the probabilities of picking a yellow and a blue chip. Show the
probabilities of picking a red chip followed by a blue chip Answer:
3/6 x 1/5 or 3/30 or 1/10 Have the children record all the possibilities
of picking a red, a yellow, and a blue chip with replacements each time.
Then have them figure out various possibilities of combinations they
select such as a blue, followed by two yellow without replacements.
2. Present a class problem: What is the probability of a thumb-tack landing
point up after a toss? After 10 tosses? After 100 tosses? Have the class
pair up and design a tally record sheet. Ask each pair of children to
figure out the probabilities for the tosses. Can someone make a predic-
tion after a certain number of tosses?
Formula: P(up) = number falling point up/100
3. Have the children work in pairs and give each pair of children two pen-
nies. Have them record what the probability is that heads will show
after a toss of one penny. Then try to figure out the probability of tossing
two coins that fall heads up. Most standard curricula will show these
probabilities.
P R O B L E M - S O L V I N G IDEAS FOR J O U R N A L S
May W o r d Problems
13. GAME FOR A RAINY DAY. Make a bunch of dots all over a sheet o f
paper in your journal. Be neat! Find a friend. Take turns by joining
two points with a straight line. No line can cross another line and a
player may not draw more than one line through a point. The last
player to draw a line connecting two dots is the winner.
14. NUMBER PLEASE? What is the difference between 999,999,000 and
999,899,001? Answer: 99,999
15. COMPASS AND CIRCLES. With a compass make a set of about 1 2
different-sized circles. Label the circles from A to L. Now order the
circles from smallest to largest using the letters and writing them in
order. Answers: vary
16. FINDING LINES OF SYMMETRY. Print each letter of the alphabet
using upper case letters only and find the line of symmetry for each
letter. Fold one of the sheets of paper in your journal in half towards
the binding. On the fold write your name in cursive. Open the fold.
Can you reproduce your name along the fold applying reflective sym-
metry?
17. DECK OF CARDS. Show the probabilities of drawing the following
cards from a deck of 5 2 cards: an ace (4/52), a heart (13/52), a king of
spades (1/52), a four (94/52), a red card (26/52 o r 1/2), and a queen of
clubs (4/52). Make up a probability game using the cards.
18. SHAPES ALIVE! Draw the following shapes in your journal using a
straight edge and protractor: a square, a rectangle, a trapezoid, a rhom-
bus, an equilateral triangle, and an isosceles triangle.
19. ANGLE FANDANGLE. Use a protractor and draw an obtuse triangle
and an acute triangle. Label the angles.
20. POLYGON RIDDLES. Make up a riddle for your teacher to solve that
will describe a parallelogram. Don't tell your teacher what the shape
is until he or she gives you the correct answer. However, answer the
teacher's questions with a yes or no.
PROBABILITY G A M E
Penny Toss
Materials: Grid
10 pennies
Rules: What is the probability that a penny will not land on a line? Have
the children make an educated guess. Then, how many pennies will land on a
line if 10 pennies are tossed? Have the children compare their educated guesses
with the results of their tosses.
Formula: P = n/100