Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 8 - Grade 8 Accelerated

MA19.8A.43

Describe events as subsets of a sample space (the set of outcomes) using characteristics (or categories) of the outcomes, or as unions, intersections, or complements of other events (or and not“). [Algebra I with Probability 37]“

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Methods for describing events from a sample space using set language (subset, union, intersection, complement).

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Interpret the given information in the problem.
  • Accurately determine the probability of the scenario.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Set language can be useful to define events in a probability situation and to symbolize relationships of events.

Vocabulary

  • Subsets
  • Sample space
  • Unions
  • Intersections
  • Complements
  • Event
  • Outcome
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