Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Three Levels

Standard 3: Commencement

Uncertainty

6. Students use ideas of uncertainty to illustrate that mathematics involves more than exactness
when dealing with everyday situations.

Students:

     judge the reasonableness of results obtained from applications in algebra, geometry,
     trigonometry, probability, and statistics.
     judge the reasonableness of a graph produced by a calculator or computer.
     use experimental or theoretical probability to represent and solve problems involving
     uncertainty.
     use the concept of random variable in computing probabilities.
     determine probabilities using permutations and combinations.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     construct a tree diagram or sample space for a compound event.
     calculate the probability of winning the New York State Lottery.
     develop simulations for probability problems for which they do not have theoretical
     solutions.