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- Document Date: June 2004
- Grades PK–3
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Standard 5.0 Knowledge of Probability
Students will use experimental methods or theoretical reasoning to determine probabilities to make predictions or solve problems about events whose outcomes involve random variation.
Topic
B. Theoretical Probability
Indicator
- 1. Determine the probability of one simple event comprised of equally likely outcomes
Objectives
- Express the probability of an event as a fraction.
- Express the probability of an event as a decimal
Assessment limit: Use a sample space of 10, 20, 25, or 50 outcomes
- Express the probability of an event as a percent
Topic
C. Experimental Probability
Indicator
- 1. Analyze the results of a probability experiment
Objective
- Make predictions and express the experimental probability as a fraction, a decimal, or a percent
Assessment limit: Use no more than 30 results in the sample space
Indicator
- 2. Conduct a probability experiment
Indicator
- 3. Compare outcomes of theoretical probability with the results of experimental probability
Indicator
- 4. Describe the difference between theoretical and experimental probability
Note: Highlighted assessment limits will be tested in the no calculator section of MSA. In the assessment limit, (0-10) or (-10 to 10) means all numbers in the problem or the answer will fall within the range of 0 to 10 (including endpoints) or -10 to 10 (including endpoints), respectively. All content standards are tested in MSA but not all objectives. Objectives that have an assessment limit are tested on MSA. Objectives without an assessment limit are not tested on MSA.
June 2004
