few_shots: Example 1:
Problem/activity:
You’re mixing ingredients for cookies. The recipe says to combine 6 tablespoons, or ¾ stick, of butter with 1 cup of sugar. You accidentally mix in a whole stick of butter (8 tablespoons) with the cup of sugar. How can you fix this?


Standard options: 
A. Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.”
B. Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
C. Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship. For example, “This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is 3/4 cup of flour for each cup of sugar.” “We paid $75 for 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger.” (Expectations for unit rates in this grade are limited to non-complex fractions.)


Your response, in json format:
{
  "explanation": "This problem solves a real-world problem involving mixing ingredients for cookies. A student doing this problem would need to reason about equivalent ratios of butter amounts to sugar amounts.",
  "answer": "B"
}

Example 2:
Problem/activity:
For each pair of numbers, determine if the values are equivalent. Explain your reasoning for each one.
a.
$$-0.25$$
and
$$\frac{1}{-4}$$
b.
$$-\left ( \frac{1}{4} \right )$$
and
$$\frac{-1}{-4}$$
c.
$$\frac{-1}{4}$$
and
$$-\frac{1}{4}$$


Standard options: 
A. Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers. (Computations with rational numbers extend the rules for manipulating fractions to complex fractions.)
B. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers.
C. Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.


Your response, in json format:
{
  "explanation": "This problem involves understanding fractions and division to divide rational numbers, such as 1, -4, 4, and -1. This problem also involves an understanding of multiplication: if p and q are integers, then -(p/q) = (-p)/q = p/(-q).",
  "answer": "B"
}

Example 3:
Problem/activity:
Problem 1
The table below contains single equations in a single variable, single equations in two variables, and pairs of simultaneous equations in two variables. Check the appropriate box to show whether there is no solution, exactly 1 solution, or if there is an infinite number of solutions.
|                                                          | **           No solution          ** | **           Exactly 1 solution          ** | **           Infinite number of solutions          ** |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|                       $${9=4x+7}$$                       |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                       $${y=3y+5}$$                       |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                    $${y={x\over2}}$$                     |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                     $${3x+6y-9=0}$$                      |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|    $${x=y}$$                        $${1.25x=1.25y}$$    |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
| $${9.9=6x+8y}$$                        $${9x=2.5y-8.8}$$ |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
| $${11x-2y=1.5}$$                        $${11x-2y=2.5}$$ |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
Problem 2
Kim has a small container and a large container as shown.
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It takes 16 of the small containers to fill the large container. Three small containers leave 1.95 gallons of space in the big container.
What is the size of each of the two containers?


Standard options: 
A. Solve linear equations in one variable.
B. Analyze and solve pairs of simultaneous linear equations.


Your response, in json format:
{
  "explanation": "The last three rows of the table in the first problem involves solving pairs of simultaneous linear equations. The second word problem can also be represented as two simultaneous linear equations.",
  "answer": "B"
}

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant standards it aligns with.
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fl_problem_001097

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fl_problem_001392

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options: Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).

Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution and to estimate population percentages. Recognize that there are data sets for which such a procedure is not appropriate. Use calculators, spreadsheets, and tables to estimate areas under the normal curve.

Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median, mean) and spread (interquartile range, standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.

Interpret differences in shape, center, and spread in the context of the data sets, accounting for possible effects of extreme data points (outliers).
problem_activity: Activity
The mathematical goal of this activity is for students to use the area under a normal curve to find the proportion of values in certain intervals. While the values in this activity are chosen to highlight the usual areas within 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations of the mean, it is not essential for students in this course to memorize those values.
Digital
Launch
Remind students that the phrase “area under the curve” means the area between the
\(x\)
-axis and the curve. Demonstrate how to use graphing technology to display the normal curve from the previous activity (a normal curve with mean of 40 and standard deviation of 2) and to find the area under the curve for values less than 39. See
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.
If you are using the GeoGebra Probability Calculator, available in the toolkit or at
geogebra.org/classic#probability
, select Normal distribution and customize it by adjusting the mean and standard deviation. Choose the distribution you want to calculate from the three buttons labeled as shown below. Adjust the interval limits by either replacing their values in the formula, or by dragging them in the graph.﻿ The area under the curve is given by the calculated probability.
It may be helpful for students to open two GeoGebra windows—one for each of the situations in the problem statement.
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Calculate the probability of a distribution.
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Calculate the probability of a left-sided distribution.
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Calculate the probability of a right-sided distribution. ﻿
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Toggle between the graphs of the probability density function and the cumulative distribution function.
Action and Expression: Provide Access for Physical Action.
Provide access to tools and assistive technologies, such as a graphing calculator or graphing software. Some students may benefit from a checklist or list of steps to be able to use the calculator or software.
Supports accessibility for: Organization; Conceptual processing; Attention
Reading, Conversing, Writing: MLR5 Co-Craft Questions.
Use this routine to provide students with an opportunity to produce the language of mathematical questions. Display only the context of the situation, including the statistics about lifespans of two different types of lightbulbs, without revealing the questions that follow. Give students 1–2 minutes to write their own mathematical questions about the situation. Invite students to compare their questions before revealing the remainder of the question. Listen for and amplify any questions that involve estimates of proportion. This will build student understanding of the language used to describe characteristics and applications of the normal curve.
Design Principle(s): Maximize meta-awareness; Support sense-making
Student Facing
The life span of light bulbs is approximately normally distributed. Some statistics about life spans of two different types of light bulbs are listed.
LED bulbs: mean = 2,300 days, standard deviation = 230 days
incandescent bulbs: mean = 100 days, standard deviation = 10 days
To estimate the proportion of bulbs that burn out in a certain interval of time, use technology to find the area under the normal curve and above the appropriate interval.
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out before getting within 1 standard deviation of the mean (before 2,070 days).
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs that are expected to burn out before getting within 1 standard deviation of the mean (before 90 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out after getting more than 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (after 2,530 days).
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs that are expected to burn out after getting more than 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (after 110 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 1 standard deviation less than the mean and 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (between 2,070 and 2,530 days).
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs expected to burn out in the interval between 1 standard deviation less than the mean and 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (between 90 and 110 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 2 standard deviations less than the mean and 2 standard deviations greater than the mean (between 1,840 and 2,760 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 1,900 days and 2,100 days.
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 107 and 118 days.
Student Response
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Launch
Remind students that the phrase “area under the curve” means the area between the
\(x\)
-axis and the curve. Demonstrate how to use graphing technology to display the normal curve from the previous activity (a normal curve with mean of 40 and standard deviation of 2) and to find the area under the curve for values less than 39.
Action and Expression: Provide Access for Physical Action.
Provide access to tools and assistive technologies, such as a graphing calculator or graphing software. Some students may benefit from a checklist or list of steps to be able to use the calculator or software.
Supports accessibility for: Organization; Conceptual processing; Attention
Reading, Conversing, Writing: MLR5 Co-Craft Questions.
Use this routine to provide students with an opportunity to produce the language of mathematical questions. Display only the context of the situation, including the statistics about lifespans of two different types of lightbulbs, without revealing the questions that follow. Give students 1–2 minutes to write their own mathematical questions about the situation. Invite students to compare their questions before revealing the remainder of the question. Listen for and amplify any questions that involve estimates of proportion. This will build student understanding of the language used to describe characteristics and applications of the normal curve.
Design Principle(s): Maximize meta-awareness; Support sense-making
Student Facing
The life span of light bulbs is approximately normally distributed. Some statistics about life spans of two different types of light bulbs are listed.
LED bulbs: mean: 2,300 days, standard deviation: 230 days
incandescent bulbs: mean: 100 days, standard deviation: 10 days
To estimate the proportion of bulbs that burn out in a certain interval of time, use technology to find the area under the normal curve and above the appropriate interval.
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out before getting within 1 standard deviation of the mean (before 2,070 days).
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs that are expected to burn out before getting within 1 standard deviation of the mean (before 90 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out after getting more than 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (after 2,530 days).
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs that are expected to burn out after getting more than 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (after 110 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 1 standard deviation less than the mean and 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (between 2,070 and 2,530 days).
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs expected to burn out in the interval between 1 standard deviation less than the mean and 1 standard deviation greater than the mean (between 90 and 110 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 2 standard deviations less than the mean and 2 standard deviations greater than the mean (between 1,840 and 2,760 days).
Estimate the proportion of LED bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 1,900 days and 2,100 days.
Estimate the proportion of incandescent bulbs that are expected to burn out in the interval between 107 and 118 days.
Student Response
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Anticipated Misconceptions
Students should be careful to use the correct mean and standard deviation for the type of bulb in the question. For students who struggle, ask them to more clearly identify the questions related to LED (or incandescent) bulbs to ensure they use the correct values in their technology.
Activity Synthesis
The goal of this discussion is for students to understand that a normal curve can be used to estimate the proportion of data that lie within a certain interval when the data is approximately normal. Ask,
“Why is it important that we are told that the life spans are approximately normally distributed?” (If the data had a different type of distribution, modeling with a normal distribution would not accurately describe the situation. Compare this to modeling quadratic data with a line.)
“Why are the answers for the first 4 questions the same?” (Since the normal curve is determined by the standard deviation and mean, the area to the left of the position one standard deviation below the mean is the same regardless of the values. Since the normal curve is symmetric, the area less than one standard deviation below the mean is equal to the area greater than one standard deviation above the mean.)
“Since all normal curves have the same areas for the regions relative to the mean and number of standard deviations away, approximately what percentage of values are within 1 standard deviation of the mean? (About 68% are within 1 standard deviation of the mean.)
“Approximately what percentage of values are within 2 standard deviations of the mean?” (About 95% are within 2 standard deviations of the mean.)
“Approximately what percentage of values are within 3 standard deviations of the mean?” (About 99.7% are within 3 standard deviations of the mean.)


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