What are the odds, that you will like learning about odds?!?! Not very good, huh? Well I think your mind will change once you read these pages!

Say you have 2 dice and you want to roll a 6 what are your chances you're going to roll an 8?

2 to 10 or 12 to 2

If there are 9 computers in Mrs. Wubbena's room and you want computer 5what are the odds that you will get that computer?

1 to 8 or 9 to 1

If Illinios has 5 amusement parks and you want to go to Hillcrest park and only 1 of them was open what are your odds you will got to Hilcrest park?

1 to 4 or 5 to 1

If there are 6 roller coasters in conneticut and toy want to go on Boulder Dash and only 1 of them is open.What are your chances that you will get to go on Boulder Dash?

1 to 5 or 6 to 1

Math/Data Analysis and Probability

Standard 2: The student identifies patterns and makes predictions from an orderly display of data using concepts of probability and statistics. (MA.E.2.3).

Objective 2: Determines odds for and odds against a given situation.

Amusement Park Activity

IF there are 6 trains on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and you want train 6.5 people can fit in each train and there are thirty people in line. What are the chances that you will get in train 6?

Brainstorming Fun

Write out the odds in your class for
picking out a burnette.

Vocabulary

Odds- designating an integer
not divisible by two such as 1,3,and 5

Situation- The way in which
something is positionede
vis-a-vis its surroundings.