H.O.T.
Problems
CHALLENGE
Determine the number of possible outcomes for tossing one
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coin, two coins, and three coins. Then determine the number of possible
outcomes for tossing n coins. Describe the strategy you used.
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
Identify the choices for event M and N that do
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not result in the same number of outcomes as the other two. Explain your
reasoning.
9 drinks, 8 desserts
18 shirts, 4 pants
10 groups, 8 activities
MATH
Explain when you might choose to use the
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Fundamental Counting Principle to find the number of possible outcomes
and when you might choose to use a tree diagram.
A bakery offers white, chocolate, or
SHORT RESPONSE
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Hat World sells
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yellow cakes with white or chocolate
9 different styles of hats in several
icing. There are also 24 designs that
different colors for 2 different sports
can be applied to a cake. If all orders
teams. If the company makes 108
are equally likely, what is the
kinds of hats, how many different
probability that a customer will order
colors do they make?
a white cake with white icing in a
specific design?
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1
1
A
C
30
120
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1
1
B
D
64
144
SCHOOL
Horacio can choose from 2 geography, 3 history, and 2 statistics
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classes. Find the sample space for all possible schedules.
(Lesson 9-2)
PROBABILITY
Find the probability that the spinner shown
T
A
at the right will stop on each of the following. Write as a
R
E
fraction in simplest form.
(Lesson 9-1)
U
I
a vowel
red
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24.
Q
M
M
Order each set of numbers from least to greatest.
(Lesson 6-8)
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1
19
3
27%,
, 0.22, 20.1
, 88%, 0.85,
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5
20
4
PREREQUISITE SKILL
Multiply.
3 · 2 · 1
9 · 8 · 7
5 · 4 · 3 · 2
7 · 6 · 5 · 4
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