Bulls eye! Design dart boards with specific chances of winning. Individuals determine the probability of hitting a circular and a triangular dart board inscribed in squares. They create dart boards that have a 50 percent chance of hitting the board.

Concepts

geometric probability, probability, probability experiments, theoretical probability, area, area of circles, area of rectangles, area of triangles

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide a short lesson on geometric probabilities

Classroom Considerations

• Be sure the class understands the dart boards are all built on a unit square
• Pupils must be able to manipulate area formulas

Pros

• The answer key provides an example of acceptable answers
• Includes diagrams to help visualize the arrangement of the figures
• Resource downloads as an editable copy

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.G.B.4 7.SP.C.7.a 7.SP.C.7.b MP2 MP4 MP6