Making Organized Lists

Organized lists help us to determine all of the possible outcomes for an experiment.

What is another term we can use for all of all of the possible outcomesthe possible outcomes in an experiment?

There are a few ways that we can make organized lists…

make an actual list make a grid to fill in make a tree diagram

Let’s practice making organized list using the following experiment…

First flip one coin and record your outcome. Then flip the same coin again

and record your outcome.

To make a list, we will need to think logically…

what outcome can I get on the first flip?what outcome can I get on the second flip?

Always go in order to ensure you don’t forget an outcome!!

Or we can make a grid to determine the sample space…

Lastly, we can make a tree diagram…

Now it is your turn to try on your own. In your groups there are three separate

experiments. Each one asks you to find the sample space using a different

method. If you finish early and are waiting for the next experiment, try using a

different method for the experiment you just explored.

Step one of your experiment is to flip a coin and record the outcome. Then you

will be rolling a six-sided die and recording the outcome. Using the making a list method, find the sample space for

flipping a coin and rolling a die.

Step one of your experiment is to roll a die and record your result. The second step is to roll the same die and record your outcome. Using the grid method,

find the sample space for this experiment.

Step one of your experiment is to flip a coin and record your result. The second step is to spin

the spinner at the bottom of this page and record your outcome. Using the tree diagram method, determine the sample space for this

experiment.

Your homework is to find the sample space for the following experiment…

First I am going to flip a coin and record my outcome. Then, I will pick a marble

from a bag and record the outcome. In the bag there is one of each of the following

colors: green, blue, red, and purple.