Table of Contents
| Section |
Lesson |
| About
the Booklet |
ii |
| About
the Authors |
v |
| Teaching
and Assessing Ratio, Proportion and Probability |
vi |
| Ratios |
1 |
| Directions
and Assistance for Answering Constructed Response
(open-ended) Questions |
9 |
| Using
Equivalent Ratios |
13 |
| Proportions |
23 |
| Quick
Quiz on Sections |
32 |
| Probability
by Experiment |
33 |
| Theoretical
Probability |
41 |
| Adding
Probabilities |
50 |
| Complementary
Events and Odds |
57 |
| Probability
of Compound Events |
63 |
| Chapter
P Review |
74 |
| Chapter
P Test |
81 |
| Career
Corner |
84 |
| Computer
Activity |
86 |
Consumer
Corner
|
88 |
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Teaching and Assessing Ratio, Proportion, &
Probability
CONSUMER CORNER
The above article appears in
USA Today as a daily
feature. Use the article for
exercises 1-2.
1. What is the probability
that Baltimore will beat
Cleveland? Will not beat
Cleveland?
2. What is the probability
that Toronto will beat
Texas? Write as a percent.
3. In a newspaper find
another article that uses
probability. Write a brief
summary of the article.
Attach the article to your
summary.
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