Starburst Activity

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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