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Courtside: Model the Tournament

Build nonuniform probability models from youth basketball scoring records and bracket results, then use them to make predictions.

Grade 7MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to7.SP.C.7.b

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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

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What students practice

Students build probability models by dividing observed outcome frequencies by the total number of trials.
Students use frequency-based models to estimate scoring and bracket outcomes.
Students explain why model predictions do not guarantee future results.

How to use

Have students calculate relative frequencies before making predictions. Discuss why scoring and bracket models can assign unequal probabilities.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.SP.C.7.b

Build a probability model, which may not be uniform, from frequencies observed in a chance process.

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Courtside: Model the Tournament

Use observed results to model bracket outcomes and scoring chances.

Model the Scoring

Use the scoring record for Questions 1–5. Estimate each probability as the outcome's frequency divided by the total number of possessions.

At a youth basketball tournament, analysts record the points scored during 60 possessions. A possession is one team's turn with the ball. Use these results to model future possessions under similar conditions.