Johnny Ang National High School

Katangawan, General Santos City

LESSON PLAN IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS – GRADE 11

Content: Random Variables and Probability Distributions

Content Standards: The learner demonstrates understanding of key concepts of random variables
and probability distributions.

Performance Standards: The Learner is able to apply an appropriate random variable for a given
real – life problem ( such as in decision making and games of chance ).

Learning Competencies: The learner can illustrates a probability distribution for a discrete
random variable and its properties. (M11/12SP-IIIa-4)

I. Objective: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to determine probability
distribution.

II. Subject Matter: Illustrating Probability Distribution for a Discrete Random Variable
References: Conceptual Math & Beyond Statistics & Probability
Author: Jose M. Ocampo, Jr., Ph.D., et.al.
Statistics & Probability
Author : Merle S. Alferez , et. al.

III. Procedure:

A. Preliminary Activities
a. Prayer
b. Checking of Attendance
c. Reminders
B. Lesson Proper
a. Review
Classify each of the following random variables as discrete or continuous.

a. The number of units of some product sold on a given day.

b. The number of correct answers in a 25 – item test.
c. The number of vehicular accidents each year in General Santos City
d. The number of eggs laid each month by 1 hen
e. The weight of grain in kilograms produced per hectares
b. Motivation
Determine the probability of the following events.
1. What is the probability of obtaining a tail in a single toss of a die?
2. What is the probability of obtaining a prime number in a single throw
of a die?
c. Activity

Each student will be asked to find a partner. Reporting will be done

after discussing the result of the experiment.

1. Construct a probability distribution for rolling a single die.

2. Tabulate the probability distribution of the number of heads obtained

when a bent coin is tossed three times.

3. Determine whether the given distribution is a probability.

 a.
x 3 6 8
P( x ) – 0.3 0.6
0.7

b.

X 1 2 3 4 5
3 1 1 2
P( X )
10 10 10 10
3
10

Answer
a. No, it is not a probability distribution. P(x) cannot be – 0.3.
b. Yes, it is a probability distribution.

d. Analysis
a. How did you find the activity?
b. What are the steps did you perform to find the probability and
construct the probability distribution?
c. What do you observe if the distribution is a probability distribution?

e. Abstraction
A probability distribution consists of the values a random variable
can assume & the corresponding probabilities of the values. The
probabilities can be obtained theoretically or by observation.
Two requirements for a probability distribution
1. The sum of the probabilities of all events in the sample space must be
equal to 1.
2. The probability of each event in the sample space must be between or
equal to 0 or 1. That is, 0 ≤ P ( x ) ≤ 1.

f. Application / Assessment

Determine whether the distribution represents a probability

distribution.
1.
X 10 12 14
16
P(X) 0.1 0.9 0.2
0.4

2.
X 5 10 15 20
P(X) 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.1
3.

X 2 4 6 8 10 12
14

1 1 1 1 1
P(X)
6 6 6 6 6
1 1
6 6
 4.

X 4 8
12
P(X) –0.2 0.7
0.5

5.

X 1 3 5 7
9
1 1 3 2 1
P(X)
8 8 8 8 8

IV. Assignment:
Construct a probability distribution for each of the following data.

1. Tossing three coins.

2. Three patients are given a pain reliever tablet. The probabilities for 0 , 1 , 2 ,
or 3successes are 0.18 , 0.52 , 0.21 , and 0.09 , respectively.
3. Tossing a coin and rolling a die.

Prepared by:

ALJON D. TABUADA, T-II

Johny-ang National High School

Checked by:

MARILYN E. CATEQUISTA
Principal I