Unit 4:  Measurement and Geometry

Activity 4:  What's the Probability? (GLE: 45) 

 

CC Have students work in pairs to create a circular spinner with 4 equal sections and 2 paper clips. Once the students have created their spinner, have them place the digits 2 to 5 on different sections of the spinner. Have students make a table with headings of length, width, height, and volume to record their spins. Instruct them to spin three times and record each of the three spins as a dimension of a rectangular prism. Instruct students to determine the volume of each rectangular prism. Player 1 gets a point if the volume is odd and Player 2 gets a point if the volume is even. Have students continue to spin until each has determined the volumes of 5 rectangular prisms. Once the students have gone through the activity, challenge them to determine the number of possible combinations of odd and even volumes using a chart or table. Discuss as a class whether the rules of the game were fair.

 

Spin Table

 

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