Key Idea 6

Uncertainty

Students use ideas of uncertainty to illustrate that mathematics involves more than exactness when dealing with everyday situations.

Opinion Poll -  A Webquest for students grades 5-8 with the task of  getting the student body and the community involved their newspaper by asking for opinions on important topics.

Estimation -includes rounding and estimating.

Consumer Math - using money, converting money, making change and other consumer topics, such as taxes, interest, discounts and markups.

Probability - Takes students through the process with good examples, then proceeds with exercises to reinforce.  All aspects of probability included.  Lessons begin with an introduction to probability, includes certainty and uncertainty of events, the complement of events, independent events, mutually exclusive events, challenges, and solutions.

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