Unit 6 : Probability
Section Section/Topic Daily Plan, Homework & Reading/Definitions assignments Section
1-2
6.1
Probability:
Core Concepts
￢ Review of Skills (Pg 302): Be sure you can complete examples like #1-17
￢ Investigation: Experimental Probability (handout)
￢ Probability: Experiment vs. Theoretical vs. Subjective
￢ 6.1 worksheet & practice questions
Definitions: Probability (experimental, theoretical & subjective), sample space (S), outcomes/events, P(A): probability of event = n(A)/n(S), complement (A’),
Complement of an event. P(A) + P(A’) = 1 Homework: P. 312 #1 - 3, 5, 7, 11.
Section 3 6.2
Odds ￢
Determining odds (in favour and against). Odds formulas.
￢ 6.2 worksheet & practice questions
Definitions: Odds, odds in favour, odds against, Key Concept formulas on Page 317.
Homework: P. 318 #2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12. Bonus: 6 (properly done) Section 4 6.3
Probabilities using Counting
Techniques
￢ Probability using permutations (when order matters) & combinations (when order doesn’t matter)
￢ “Birthday Problem”
￢ 6.3 worksheet & practice questions
Homework: P. 324 # 1-9, 10bc, 11. Bonus: 15 Section 5 6.4
Dependent and Independent Events
￢ Discussion: getting out of jail in monopoly. Page 327
￢ Independent vs. dependent events (and their product rules)
￢ 6.4 worksheet & practice questions
Definitions: compound events, independent, dependent, product rule, conditional probability P(B|A), Key Concept formulas on Page 333.
Homework: P. 334 #1-10 Section 6 6.5
Mutually Exclusive Events
￢ Mutually Exclusive Events and formulas. Venn diagrams.
￢ 6.5 worksheet & practice questions
Definitions: mutually exclusive & non-mutually exclusive events and their addition rules, Key Concept formulas on Page 340.
Homework: P. 340 #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. Proof question #8.
Section 7 Review ￢ Required Review: Complete all questions in the booklet
￢ Extensions: Lotteries-A tax on the Poor & Developing your own game.
￢ Optional Review: Key Concepts on Page 357 #1-17.
￢ Chapter Test on Page 360 #1-9.
