Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Md Fred's Fun Factory
A famous arcade in a seaside resort town consists of many different games of skill and chance. In order to play a popular "spinning wheel" game at Fred's Fun Factory Arcade, a player is required to pay a small, fixed amount of 25 cents...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Md.2, 5 Sounds Really Good! (Sort Of)
A friend of yours, Phil, writes to you asking about a new scratch-off lottery game. It costs $10 to play this game. There are two outcomes for the game (win, lose) and the probability that a player wins a game is 60%. A win results in...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Md.2 Bob's Bagel Shop
The purpose of this task is to assess a student's ability to compute and interpret an expected value. Notice that interpreting expected value requires thinking in terms of a long-run average. Students will help Bob the bagel man find the...