6th Grade FM 5.2 Expected Value.notebook
6th Grade FM: How do we find expected value?
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Ex 1: You roll a number cube 33 times. How many times would
Warm-up: Copy the problem in your notebook and work on it.
you expect to roll a 3 or higher?
You attempted 50 free throws and made 32 of them. Based on
Proportion Method:
E.V. Method:
this experiment, how many free throws will you expect to make
tomorrow if you attempt 75 free throws?
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Ex 2: You pick a gum ball out of the bag and then you pick a
If you do this 49 times, how many times would you expect to
Hershey Kiss from another bag. What is the probability that
get a blue gum ball and a pink Hershey Kiss?
you will pick a blue gum ball and then pick a pink Hershey
Kiss?
gum balls: Blue, Blue, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Green
Hershey Kisses: Pink, Green, Silver
E.V. Method:
Proportion
Method:
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6th Grade FM 5.2 Expected Value.notebook
Ex 3: Keisha spins a spinner 100 times and gets the results
shown in the table. If Keisha then spins the spinner 2,000
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Probability Packets 3A and 3B
times, predict how many times you think the spinner would
land on red.
outcomes frequency
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Red
25
Yellow
8
Blue
67
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