CCSS.Math.7.SP. 5 Probability of Simple Event

Good day to you girls and boys,

At this point we are moving onward with STATISTICS and PROBABILITY!  This is the last standard we are doing 

in 7th grade!!! 

We start off this standard with PROBABILITY.  Probability is the chance that something might happen- it is not a definite! As with all math, you will need to understand and use the vocabulary of this standard.  The second vocabulary term is SIMPLE EVENT- a simple event is what you want to happen.  Third vocabulary term is OUTCOME.  Outcome is all the things that can happen.  Along with vocabulary, there is also a new way of writing probability.  If we are dropping a coin and we want to have it land on a head, we would write this as P(head).  Heads is the simple event.  The probability would be written as P(head) is 1/2, as there are 2 possible outcomes, either heads or tails.  

This is Alice, Taylor's kitten.  She is playing on Taylor's bedroom rug.  So cute.

As always in MATH,

Mrs M