Practice Workbook SE - East Penn School District

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LESSON 28.3
Test for Fairness
Vocabulary
Complete the blank.
1. in a game means that one player is as
likely to win as another. Each player has an equal chance
of winning.
Look at the spinner. Each of the four players in a game chooses a number from 1, 2, 3,
or 4 and scores 1 point when the pointer stops on his or her choice. Write yes or no to
tell if each game is fair. Explain.
2. 3.
4 1 1
3
3
2
4
1 2
3
2 1
In Victor’s game, players choose either 2 or 3. Players take turns
tossing a number cube labeled 1–6. If a player chose 2 and rolls
a 2, 4, or 6, he or she scores a point. If a player chose 3 and rolls
a 3 or a 6, he or she scores a point.
4
1
4. What is the probability of the
player who chose 2 scoring a
point? the player who chose 3?
5. Why is this game not fair?
6. How could you change the game to make it fair?
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Mixed Review
7. 156 inches ? feet 8. 156 yards ? feet
9. 951,511
10. 65,849
11. 2 1 4 45 6 =
314,288
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