Word Problem of the Day

In SF Academy, there are 48 students in Grade 7, 35

students in Grade 8, 37 students in grade 9 and 43
students in Grade 10. Eight of them transfer to another
school, how many students are left in the Academy?
Outcome in an Experiment

Prepared by:
Erika L. Luyun
 ACTIVITY
Situation 1:
A mother gave birth to her first born child. What is the
possible sex of the child?

Situation 2:
If the mother gave birth to her second child, what are
the possible sexes of the two children?

In situation 1, how many possible outcomes are there? How

about in situation 2?

What are the outcomes in situation 1?

What are the outcomes in situation 2?
Group 1 & 3: Determine all the possible sexes
in situation 1 and 2 by completing the diagram.
Group 2 & 4: Determine all the possible sexes
in situation 1 and 2 by completing the table.
Group 5: Determine all the possible sexes in
situation 1 and 2 by listing.

Use the activity sheet provided

Group 1 & 3: Determine all the possible
sexes in situation 1 and 2 by completing
the diagram.
Group 2 & 4: Determine all the
Situation 1: possible sexes in situation 1 and 2 by
completing the table.

Situation 1:
Situation 2:

Group 5: Determine all the possible sexes in Situation 2:

situation 1 and 2 by listing.
Situation 1: Situation 2:
Male Male, Male
Female Male, Female
Female, Male
Female, Female
There are different ways to determine the
possible number of outcome in an experiment.
These are as follows:
• Using a table
• Using Tree Diagrams – the process of counting
the number of outcomes in a sample space is
well
• Systematic listing
 If the mother gave birth to three more children, can
you determine the total number of possible sexes of
the five children? How?

Are there other ways on how to determine the total

number of possible outcome?
Fundamental Counting Principle – if there are m
ways to do a task, and n ways to do another, then
there are m x n ways of doing both.

Since there are 2 possible outcomes for each of

the sex, there are
2 •2 • 2 • 2• 2 = 32 different results possible
There are different ways to determine the possible
number of outcome in an experiment. These are as
follows:
• Using a table
• Using Tree Diagrams – the process of counting
the number of outcomes in a sample space is well
• Systematic listing
• Fundamental Counting Principle – if there are m
ways to do a task, and n ways to do another, then
there are m x n ways of doing both.
Example 2: When a fair die is
rolled and a coin is flipped, what
are the possible outcomes?

Die Coin Since there are 6 possible

Tail (T)
Head (H) outcome in a die and 2 possible
1 (1,H) (1,T) outcomes in a coin, applying the
Fundamental Counting
2 (2,H) (2,T)
Principle (FCP), there are:
3 (3,H) (3,T) m=6; n=2
4 (4,H) (4,T) m x n = total number of
possible outcome
5 (5,H) (5,T)
6 x 2= 12
6 (6,H) (6,T)  
In biology, particularly in genetics determining
the possible outcome in an experiment is one
of the applications of probability.
Let us determine the possible number of outcomes when the following traits are
crossbreed. Describe the outcomes. You can use any of the following methods:
Using a table, Using Tree Diagrams, Systematic listing, Fundamental Counting
Principle.

1. A green pea plant (Gg) is crossed with a yellow pea plant (gg).
A. What are the possible outcomes? ___________
B. Total number of possible outcomes: _________

2. In tomatoes, tall vines (T) are dominant to dwarf vines (t), and red fruit (R) is
dominant to yellow fruit (r). A farmer mates a homozygous tall, red tomato plant
(TTRR) with a heterozygous tall, red tomato plant (TtRr).

What is the percent chance that the offspring will be dwarf plants with yellow fruit?
A. What are the possible outcomes? ___________
B. Total number of possible outcomes: _________
 
Which of the methods above is more convenient to use?
1. A green pea plant (Gg) is crossed with a yellow
pea plant (gg).
A. What are the possible outcomes?
B. Total number of possible outcome:

g g
G Gg Gg
g gg gg
 2. In tomatoes, tall vines (T) are dominant to dwarf vines (t), and red fruit (R)
is dominant to yellow fruit (r). A farmer mates a homozygous tall, red tomato
plant (TTRR) with a heterozygous tall, red tomato plant (TtRr).
What is the percent chance that the offspring will be dwarf plants with yellow
fruit?
A. What are the possible outcomes?
B. Total number of possible outcome:
First you have to establish
your parental cross, or P1.
Make a Punnett Square for your 2 traits you want to cross.
R R TR tR Tr tr
T TR TR TR TTRR TtRR TTRr TtRr
T TR TR TR TTRR TtRR TTRr TtRr
R r TR TTRR TtRR TTRr TtRr
T TR Tr TR TTRR TtRR TTRr TtRr
t tR tr
How is predicting outcome useful in our day to
day activities, in the field of science, medicine,
economics and social sciences? Cite at least
one example.
Find the possible out comes and the total number of possible outcomes for
each of the following. You can use any of the following methods: Using a
table, Using Tree Diagrams, Systematic listing, Fundamental Counting
Principle.

1.Rolling a die and tossing a coin.

2.Café de Feliciano serves two desserts: a cake and a pie. They also
serve three beverages: coffee, tea or juice. Suppose you choose one
dessert and one beverage. How many possible outcomes are there?
3.Basketball uniform in white, red, blue or green in sizes small,
medium or large.
4.A multiple choice test has four questions. Each question can be
answered with A, B, C, or D. How many possible outcomes are
possible?
5.Elias has a choice of an ace or a king with a choice of hearts,
diamonds, clubs or spades.
 Assignment
1. How many possible outcomes are there in tossing 4 coins?
2. Three dice are rolled. How many outcomes are possible?

3. How many possible outcomes are there in drawing a card at

random from a standard deck of cards?
4. There are 2 red balls, 3 green balls and 1 black ball in a pouch.
What is the total number of possible outcomes if a ball is picked at
random?
THANK YOU!