A Detailed Lesson Plan for Grade 8 Mathematics

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:

1. State the formula for simple event
2. find the probability of simple events
3. solve real-life problems
4. show accuracy in the solution of every problem
5. value the importance of cooperation through group activity.

II. SUBJECT-MATTER

Topic: Problem Solving involving Probability of Simple Events

Reference:
CG code: M10SP-llli-j-1
Materials:

III. PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preparation
a. Prayer
Please all stand up for the prayer. (All the student’s stand.)

Jhovan, please lead the prayer. Let us pray. In the name of

Father……Amen.
(Prayer)
Good morning, sir! It’s nice to see
Good morning class! you.
It’s nice to see you too
You may now take your seats. Thank you sir.
b. Checking of attendance
Secretary, kindly give me the list of those who are absent
today. (The secretary gave the list of
absent.)
Very good, nobody is absent today.

B. Review

So now, let’s have a review of our discussion last meeting, who (Students raise their hand)
can recall our topic last meeting?
Our topic last meeting sir, is all
Yes (call student). about Probability of simple event.
Thank you , Very good! Our topic last meeting is all about
probability of simple events.
 (Students raise their hands)
So, who can state the formula of probability of simple events?
The formula is,
Yes Rovelyn? P(E)=
number of favorable outcome
number of possible outcomes
Very good, the formula is
number of favorable outcome
P(E)= number of possible outcomes

So now, lets have an example.

(Students are raising their hands)
If I roll a die, what is the probability of getting an odd number?
½ sir.
Yes, Judel?

Correct! Very good.

5/6 sir.
How about getting a number less that 6?

Very good class.

So, class do you have any questions or clarification regarding

Probability of simple event? All: None Sir!

If none, lets proceed for todays topic.

C. Presentation
a. Motivation

So, lets have a situation here,

I want you to find a partner.

All: yes sir!
Are you all familiar with the game “Bato-bato pick”?
(Students find their partner)
That’s good.
So now, we will play the game three times, and record who wins All: yes sir!
the game and who loses.

Are you ready?

Ready! 1,2,3 go! (“bato-bato pick”)3x

All: Yes Sir!

Settle down everybody! Go back to your sit. Thank you. (Students perform the activity and
record the result)
How many of you here win the game?

How many lose in the game?

So did you enjoy the activity class?
(Few students raise their hands)
Okay, Very good everyone. Give youself three claps.
(Few students raise their hands)
b. Discussion
All: Yes sir!
So lets have this die again, if l roll this die agian, what is the
probability of getting a number 3? (Students are clapping)

How many favorable outcome do we have?

(Answer varies)
Correct! We have 1 favorable outcome.

How many possible outcomes do we have? Erick: 1 sir.

Exactly, very good. We have 6 possible outcomes.

So we have, 1 favorable outcome and 6 possible outcome. All: 6 sir.

What is the probability of getting a number 3?

We can compute that using Probability of simple event.

So our topic today is PROBABILITY OF SIMPLE EVENT.

So what is a simple event?

(post the defination) everybody read.

Let’s go back to the question, what is the probability of getting a All: Simple event is an event that has
number 3?
a single outcome.
Again we have , 1 favorable outcome and 6 possible outcome.
Therefore

1
P(3)=
6
So, based on that result, how are we going to compute the
probability of simple events?

Again, the probability of getting 3 is 1/6, where 1 is the favorable (the students remained silent)
outcome and 6 is the possibe outcome.

Yes Peter. (Students raising their hand)

To compute the probability of simpe

Very good! The formula is event is
number of favorable outcome
P(E)= number of possible outcomes number of favorable outcome
number of possible outcomes
The probability of simple event is the ratio that compares the
number of favorable outcomes to the number of possible
outcomes.

In our activity earlier, what is the probability that you will win the
game?

How about the probability of lossing in the game?

1
Correct. P(win)=
2

1
P(lose)=
2

Let me show you the probability line.

(show the probability line)

Probability is always between 0 and 1

Bare in mind that, the more likely an event is to occur, the higher
its probability. The less likely an event is to occur, the lower its
probability.

There are 4 Probability rules

1. The probability of any event is a number (either a fraction,
a decimal, or a percent)

Example: The weather forecast shows 70% chance of rain.

7
P(rain)=70% or 0.7 or
10

2. If an event will never happen, then its probability is 0.

Example: When a die is rolled, find the probability of getting a

9?
 0
P(8)= =0
6

3. If an event is sure to happen, then the probability is 1.

Example: When single die is rolled, find the probability of

getting a number less than 7.

Solve for the probability of getting a number less than 7.

How many possible outcomes do we have?

What are those?

How many favorable outcomes ?
All: 6 sir!
And what are the favorable outcomes?
1,2,3,4,5, and 6
Corect. We have 6 favorable outcomes and 6 possible
All: 6 sir!
outcomes, so what is the answer?
1,2,3,4,5, and 6
Yes JohnCarl?
(Students raise their hands )
Very good.
6
P(less than 7)=
6
=1
6
Is it clear class? P(less than 7)=
6
=1
4. The sum of the probability of all outcomes in the sample
space is 1.

Example: If a fair coin is flipped, All: Yes sir!

1
P(T)=
2

1
P(H)=
2

P(T) + P(H) = 1

1 1
2
+ 2
=1

Do you understand the rules class?

Do you have questions or clarification?

Always remember that, simplify your answers. Okay? All: Yes sir!
 All: None sir!
Example 1.
What is the probability of Spinning a green? All: Yes Sir!

1
P(green)= or 25% or 0.25
Example 2. 4
If a letter is to be choosen at random in the
alphabet, what is the probability of getting a vowel?

Very good! 5
P(vowel)=
26
D. Application
(group activity)
Let us now apply your understanding.
I will devide the class into four groups. So everybody count 1
to 4. (Students are counting1 to 4)

Now, go to your respective groups according to your number, then

choose a secretary.

I will distribute to you your activity sheet, together with the question.
(distribute the activity sheet). Do not open yet.

We have the situation here (show the situation). Now open the piece
of paper, it contains the question.

I will give you 4 minutes to do the activity, after that i will choose
randomly the reporter of each group.

Clear?

You may start now. All: yes sir!

Situation:
A Congressman is having an SMART PHONE giveaway. They
put all the SMART PHONE shufffles in the box. Anyone may choose
an SMART PHONE without looking at the color. Inside the box there (Students are doing the activity)
are 6 yellow, 8 blue, 2 red and 4 green SMART PHONES.

Group 1. If Marlo chooses one SMART PHONE randomly, what is

the probability that he will get a green SMART PHONE?

Group 2. If Marlo chooses one SMART PHONE randomly, what is

the probability that he will get a blue SMART PHONE?

Group 3. If Marlo chooses one SMART PHONE randomly, what is

the probability that he will get a yellow SMART PHONE?

Group 4. If Marlo chooses one SMART PHONE randomly, what is

the probability that he will get a red SMART PHONE?

Time is up!
Let us now present your work, just stay in your place.

Let’s start with

Answers:
Group 1
4
1. P(green) =
20
= 15
Group 2
8
2. P(blue) =
20
= 25
Group 3

Group 4 6 3
3. P(yellow) =
20
= 10

2 1
4. P(red) =
20
= 10
Very good. All groups got the correct answer. Give youself
around of applause.

E. Generalization

Now, who can summarize our discussion this morning?

(Students are raising their hands)
Yes Earl.
Our lesson this morning is all about
probability of simple events. Where
we can compute the probability
using the formula, number of
favorable outcomes over the number
of possible outcomes. Then we can
express the answer in number, either
Very good. fraction, decimal or percent.
Do you have any question class?
All: none sir!

IV. EVALUATION
Answer the following in a ½ sheet of paper.

A. Give the defination of

1. Probability(2 pts)
2. Simple event(2 pts)

B. Give what is asked in the situation.

 1. If a card is choosen in a deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of getting a spade?
(2 pts)
2. If a letter is to be choosen at random in the word MISSISSIPPI, what is the
probability of getting letter S? (2 pts)

V. ASSIGNMENT

For your assignment,

Give atleast two experiences of yours, where probability is used in your decision making. And
how did it help you? Write your answer in a short bond paper.

Prepared by:

Harley M. Paunal