Mathematics 5 curriculum guide 2015 I table of contents acknowledgements

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green. With this design:
• it is less likely that the spinner will land on blue than red.
• it is less likely that it would land on green than yellow.
• it is more likely that the spinner will land on red than green.
• it is equally likely that the spinner will land on blue as green. 
Students should spin this spinner 20 times and record results. They 
could try another 20 times and analyze the results in order to verify 
that the design of their spinner is correct.
5SP3.4 Conduct a given 
probability experiment a number 
of times, record the outcomes, and 
explain the results.
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Achievement Indicators:
5SP4.3 Design and conduct a 
probability experiment in which 
one outcome is equally likely to 
occur as another outcome.
5SP4.4 Design and conduct a 
probability experiment in which 
one outcome is more likely to 
occur than another outcome.
Students should use manipulatives to try experiments in order to 
verify their predictions regarding the expected results. Students should 
discover that the more times they try an experiment, the closer their 
results will come to what they expected. Flipping a coin twice, for 
example, may result in two heads. Trying this one hundred times 
should bring the results closer to equal numbers of heads and tails.
Have students predict on which letter a spinner 
is most likely to land. Hold a paper clip in 
place with a pencil and spin. Record the letter 
on which the paperclip lands. Repeat the
experiment ten times. Record the results. Try 
another twenty spins. Discuss results.

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