6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

Critical Thinking

Simone randomly surveyed 80 of her

400 classmates to see about how far each

of them must travel to school. Fifteen of the

classmates she surveyed travel between 4 and

5 miles from home to school. How many of her

remaining 320 classmates would you predict

also travel between 4 and 5 miles to school?

In This Chapter You Will:

●Use a tree diagram to find the number

of possible outcomes in a sample space
●Use the Fundamental Counting Principle

to find the size of a sample space
●Use factorials to find the size of a

sample space
●Find the theoretical probability of

an event
●Find the experimental probability of

an event

●Compute odds in favor and odds against

an event

●Compute the probability of independent

and dependent events

●Determine the number of permutations

●Determine the number of combinations

●Review problem-solving strategies

●Look for new vocabulary words

highlighted in each lesson

●To rename a fraction as a decimal,

divide the numerator by the
denominator.
●To rename a decimal as a percent,

multiply the decimal by 100.

●()()  , where b 0

and d 0

●A ratio is a comparison of two

numbers, aand b, by division.

c

d

a

b

ac

bd

Do You Remember? For Practice Exercises:

PRACTICE BOOK, pp. 373–398

• Skills Update Practice


• Practice Activities


• Audio Glossary


• Vocabulary Activities
  
  
  • Calculator Activities
  
  
  • Enrichment Activities
  
  
  • Electronic SourceBook
  
  
  
  

For Chapter Support:

http://www.progressinmathematics.com

Virtual Manipulatives

Chapter 12 329