Skittles Probability

Grade Level(s):  4^th Grade

Content Area:                                                                        Process Area:

Numbers and Operations                                           Problem-Solving

Algebra                                                           Reasoning and Proof

Geometry                                                                    Communication

Measurement                                                             Representation

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability                    Connections

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.B.4: Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using information presented in line plots. For example, from a line plot find and interpret the difference in length between the longest and shortest specimens in an insect collection.

Targeted Needs of Student:

Taking and analyzing data, relating fractions to line plots, using mathematical language to talk about graphs, surveying for information

Goal:

To provide students with an opportunity to create and analyze line plots

Materials Needed:

1.      Worksheets

Explanation/Summary:

Students will choose one question to survey people with and then they will record their data on a line graph. The class can then analyze the data by asking which answer was said the most and the least amount of times and what this looks like on the graph along with other ways to analyze.

 

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