Saskatchewan - Outcome Chart - Workplace and Apprenticeship Mathematics 30

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Workplace and Apprenticeship Mathematics 30, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Number Sense, Logical Thinking, Mathematics as a Human Endeavour

Overall Expectations

WA30.11 Extend and apply understanding of probability.

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Specific Expectations

Research and present orally, in writing, or using multimedia, applications of probability (e.g., medication, warranties, insurance, lotteries, weather prediction, 100-year flood, failure of a design, failure of a product, vehicle recalls, approximation of area).

Calculate the probability of an event based on a data set, (e.g., determine the probability of a randomly chosen light bulb being defective).

Express given probabilities as fractions, decimals, percentages, and using words.

Analyze, generalize, and compare odds and probability including part-whole and part-part relationships.

Determine the probability of an event, given the odds for or against.

Explain, using examples, how decisions may be based on a combination of theoretical probability calculations, results of experimental probability, and subjective judgments.

Solve situational questions that involve probability

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