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    • ▾7th grade
      • ▸Integers
        • •Adding integers
        • •Subtracting integers
        • •Negative Fibonacci numbers
        • •Distance between two numbers
        • •Multiplying integers
        • •Dividing integers
        • •Equivalent expressions with negative numbers
      • ▸Fractions, decimals, and percentages
        • •Multi-step problems
        • •Percents
        • •Negative signs in fractions
        • •Simplifying complex fractions without variables
        • •Dividing by zero
        • •Converting fractions to decimals
      • ▸Rates and proportional relationships
        • •Rates with fractions
        • •Interpreting graphs of proportional relationships
        • •Constants of proportionality
        • •Writing proportional equations
        • •Solving proportions using equivalent fractions
        • •Solving proportions using inverse operations and by cross multiplying
      • ▸Expressions, equations, and inequalities
        • •Interpreting linear expressions
        • •Solving two-step equations
        • •Mentally solving certain two-step equations
        • •Solving and graphing two-step inequalities
        • •Distributing, factoring, and combining like terms
      • ▸Geometry (grade 7)
        • •Angles around a point
        • •Complementary and supplementary angles
        • •Vertical angles theorem
        • •Finding the midpoint on the number line
        • •Intro to circles and \(\pi\)
        • •Area of an obtuse triangle
        • •Area of a regular polygon
        • •Area, volume, and surface area
        • •Circumference and area of a circle
        • •Volume of extruded figures
        • •Cross sections
        • •Platonic solids
        • •Precursor to the triangle inequality
        • •Scale drawings
      • ▾Statistics and probability (grade 7)
        • •Intro to probability
        • •Simple events
        • •Compound probability of independent events
        • •Comparing distributions
        • •Probability models
        • •Theoretical and experimental probability
        • •Representative samples
     › 7th grade › Statistics and probability (grade 7)

    Compound probability of independent events

    Students will learn to find the probability for sequences of independent events. After that, give your students this challenge, then this one, and finally, this one.

    Conclude by leading this investigation:

    Ballast – multiplication puzzles
    by MathPickle

    Lessons and practice problems