Planning

Before beginning the challenge, students were encouraged to formulate questions they had to answer from the given scenario. Together, they came up with the following questions:

1. What are the realities of playing a lotto game?

2. What is the probability of winning?

3. What is the number of possible permutations for each game?

4. If you played the game every day until you retired (18-65) once a week, how many times would you play?

5. Given above, how much money would you spend?

6. Facts on the lottery, where the money really goes.

7. How many students in the ninth grade know someone who plays the lottery?