Color-Rama 1-8. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE GAME Read the game rules on the paper.

Do you think one color is a better choice than the others if you want to win? Is there a color that you should not pick? One way to answer these questions is to play the game and keep track of what happens. a. Play the game several times and be sure to select a different color each time. Keep track of which colors win and lose each time, not just which partner wins. What do you notice? b. After you and your partner have played the game at least five times, join with another pair of students to form a team and discuss the following questions: a. Does the color you choose seem to affect your chances of winning? b. Is each color choice equally likely to result in a win? Explain why or why not in as many ways as you can. c. Play the game a few more times. Do your results agree with your answers from part (b) above? Why do your results make sense?

1-11. Find the perimeter and area of each figure below. Review the formulas on the back for help.

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Perimeter and Area

The perimeter of a shape is the total length of the boundary (around the shape) that encloses the interior (inside) region on a flat surface. See the examples below.

The area of a parallelogram is equal to the area of a rectangle with the same base and height. If the base of the parallelogram is length b and the height is length h, then the area of the parallelogram is:

A=bh

The area of a triangle is half the area of a parallelogram with the same base and height. If the base of the triangle is length b and the height length h, then the area of the triangle is:

A=

bh

Finally, the area of a trapezoid is found by averaging the two bases and multiplying by the height. If the trapezoid has bases b1 and b2 and height h, then the area is: A = ( (b1 + b2)h

DO THE FOLLOWING ALSO:

1-13. For each of the following pairs of events, predict which is more likely to happen and explain your reasoning. Event 1: You will win more than $1,000,000 in a lottery sometime in your life. Event 2: You will learn to speak a language that you do not already know. Event 1: Your classmates will all wear the same kind of shoes on the same day. Event 2: Your classmates will all eat the same thing for lunch on the same day. 1-14. Copy the number line below onto your paper. Place a point on the number line and label the point for each of the following numbers: 4, 3, 0.5, 3.5, 0, 1, 2, 5.

1-15. Maria was playing a game with her brother. She said, Im thinking of a number. When you multiply my number by six and add seven, you get twenty-five. What is my number? Find Marias number.