Royal Flush

Act 1

1. Will he get a royal flush?

2. Write down a guess.

Act 2

3. What information would be useful to figure this out?

4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.

All six hands revealed…

The 4 cards that have been revealed…

And the three burn cards…

Act 3

Sequel

5. What were the odds of getting a straight?

6. What was the most likely result of the game?

7. Which of the six hands had the best chance of winning?

Standards

Common Core

• HSS.MD.A - Calculate expected values and use them to solve problems

• HSS.MD.B - Use probability to evaluate outcomes of decisions

TEKS

• 7.6(D) - make predictions and determine solutions using theoretical probability for simple and compound events