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Quick check for understanding.

For your kids:

Pick two numbers, randomly.

What is the probability that the product will be even?

(I suspect that this is one of those evaluating number sense questions that people would argue about forever on facebook if it showed up there.).

Posted by Mr. K on Monday, September 24, 2012, at 12:54 pm.

{ 2 } Comments

  1. Alex | September 25, 2012 at 12:03 pm | Permalink

    I think you might be missing a step here. Are you supposed to add them together? Multiply?

    If you’re meant to divide one by the other then I think even teachers could spend a long time arguing over this one.

  2. Mr. K | September 25, 2012 at 9:25 pm | Permalink

    Whoops. Totally left out the step. Was meant to be product.