A family math night at your school includes the following activity. A bag is filled with...

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A family math night at your school includes the followingactivity. A bag is filled with 10 small bears that are identicalexcept that 3 are yellow and 7 blue. The directions for the gameare as follows:

Win a prize if you guess the correctnumber of yellow bears in the bag! There are 10 bears in the bag.Some are yellow and the rest are blue. Here is what you do:

  1. Reach into the bag, mix well, and pick out a bear.
  2. Get a sticky note that is the same color as your bear and writeyour name and your guess on the note and add it to the other notesof the same color.
  3. Put your bear back in the bag and mix well.

The sticky notes will be organized in columns of 10 so that theyare easy to count.

A.         How will thestudents be able to use the results of this activity to estimatethe number of yellow bears in the bag? (8 points)

B.         What do youexpect to happen as more kids play this game? (4 points)

C.        What are at least 2modifications you would make to this game if you were actuallygoing to use this for your own math night? (8 points)

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Solution Part A Estimate the number of yellow bears in the bag 10 x proportion of yellow sticky notes 10 x Number of yellow sticky notes Number of yellow sticky notes Number of blue sticky notes Answer Part B As more kids play this game it is expected that the estimate of    See Answer
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