Transcript Starburst Activity

Starburst Activity
notebook page 33
What questions can we ask?
In notebook on Page …
– Guess how many packs will have only 1 starburst.
Write a number that is definitely too high and too
low.
1. Single yellow packs: too high___ too low____
– Guess how many packs will have 2 yellow
starbursts. Write a number that is definitely too
high and too low.
Double yellow packs: too high ___ too low ___
• What information do you need to find the
answer?
2. Information needed: ________________
• In your groups, try to determine how many
packs will have exactly 1 yellow starburst
and exactly 2 starbursts.
The Answer…
copy into notebook
• Ratio: relationship between two numbers
– for every amount of one thing, how much
there is of another thing
• Probability: measure or estimation of how
likely it is that something will happen