Aligned Standard

M.EE.7.SP.5-7: Describe the probability of events occurring as possible or impossible.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned with the following California State Standards:

  • 7.SP.5 - Understand that the probability of a chance event is a number between 0 and 1 that expresses the likelihood of the event occurring. Larger numbers indicate greater likelihood. A probability near 0 indicates an unlikely event, a probability around 1/2 indicates an event that is neither unlikely nor likely, and a probability near 1 indicates a likely event.
  • 7.SP.6 - Approximate the probability of a chance event by collecting data on the chance process that produces it and observing its long-run relative frequency, and predict the approximate relative frequency given the probability. For example, when rolling a number cube 600 times, predict that a 3 or 6 would be rolled roughly 200 times, but probably not exactly 200 times.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

Recognize attributes or characteristics of an object, such as color, orientation, length, width, and weight.

Distal Precursor

Group together objects by attribute values such as shape or size (e.g., group together a square, a rectangle, and a rhombus, as they all have four sides).

Proximal Precursor

Recognize possible outcomes of an event (e.g., drawing a red marble from a bag containing red and green marbles).

Target

Categorize events as possible or impossible (e.g., drawing a red marble from a bag containing red and yellow marbles as possible and drawing a blue marble from a group of red and yellow marbles as an impossible event).

Successor

Communicate understanding that probability of an event is the likelihood of an event occurring (e.g., given the likelihood of drawing a blue crayon out of a box containing 5 blue crayons and 6 yellow crayons is 5/11, the student describes 5/11 as the probability).