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Investigation - Staci's New Car
Students study a shopping problem. They discuss strategies for determining the number of possible choices. They create a tree diagram and an organized list. Students analyze patterns and derive an equation for the multiplication principle.
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Investigation - Staci's New Car
Sixth graders solve math combination problems. In this combination problem solving lesson, 6th graders participate in a teacher led session in which they use tree diagrams and organized lists to determine all of the possible combinations...
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Money Bags
Third graders explore different combinations of coins that can be used for specified amounts of money using paper money and tree diagrams. They write money amounts in different forms. Groups utilize a tree diagram imbedded in this lesson...
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Choices! Choices! Choices!
Learners explore the Fundamental Counting Principle and tree diagrams. In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students choose three pictures of clothing forma a catalog and create as many outfits as possible. Learners...
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Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers to Solve Problems
High schoolers explore the concept of probability. In this probability instructional activity, students use area to determine probability. High schoolers use charts and spinners to help determine the probability of events such as...
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Tree Diagrams
In this tree diagram worksheet, students read story problems. From the given information, they draw tree diagrams to determine the total possible number of outcomes. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Tree Diagrams
In this tree diagrams worksheet, students solve and complete 10 different problems that include creating tree diagrams. First, they toss a coin and roll a die simultaneously to determine the outcomes with a tree diagram. Then, students...
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Cyber Combos
Students use lists and tree diagrams to identify possible combinations of objects. They systematically list all possible choices, and predict the number of outcomes using multiplication.
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The Colored Cube Question
Fourth graders examine how to determine the probabilities or likelihood of outcomes. They complete trials to determine probability while using different manipulatives. They determine how games can be made fair or unfair in this unit of...
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Grade Data Analysis and Probability
Eighth graders display the outcome of given events by creating and reading tree diagram. They explain the relationship between addition and multiplication.