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The Apple Blossom Problem
In this apple blossom problem, students examine a given situation in a board game. They determine the best way to win the game and the expected payoff. This one-page instructional activity contains 1 problem.
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Expected Outcome
Students determine expected values of experiments and explore distributions of experiments. They guess as to how many times a coin will flip heads in fifty tries. They flip a coin fifty times graphing the results on a histogram. They...
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The Birthday Problem
In this probability worksheet, high schoolers solve 1 word problem about birthdays. Students determine the number of people needed for a 50% chance of two people sharing the same birthday.
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Why does Twenty Questions Suffice for Guessing a Number Between One and One Million?
For this probability worksheet, students use logarithms and exponentials to determine why twenty questions suffice for guessing a number between one and million. The solution is provided.
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Using Expected Values to Compare Strategies
Discover how mathematics can be useful in comparing strategies. Scholars develop probability distributions for situations and calculate expected value. They use their results to identify the best strategy for the situation.
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Deal Me In
Middle schoolers study the components of a deck of cards and conduct an initial experiment in the probability of drawing various types of cards from a deck. They play two rounds of poker to discover the probability of drawing several...
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Fred's Fun Factory
Round and round and round she goes. Where she stops, nobody knows. This activity uses a common arcade game of chance, the spinning wheel, as a platform for computing expected values, interpreting results, and applying this knowledge to...
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Seed Swapping
Here is a fabulous, cross-curicular lesson on seeds. Elements of science, writing, math, agricultural practices, and art are all brought into this incredibly thorough plan. Additionally, a fun whole-class game is presented, and there is...
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Guess My Shape
Learners play a game with shapes. They work in groups to identify the names and characteristics of various shapes. They give each other clues to see if others can identify the shape being described. This is a great hands on activity.
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Stochastic and Deterministic Modeling
Explore the difference between stochastic and deterministic modeling through programming. First have the class write algorithms for relatively simple tasks using pseudocode. Use the Python 2.7 program app to simulate Mendel's Pea Pod...
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Seeing Is Believing
Students investigate the concepts of probability. They use data to find the central tendency, median, and mode. Students design and play a game in order to practice the concepts. They also complete a table with data that is analyzed.
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Fractals and the Chaos Game
Young scholars explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals lesson, students play the "Chaos Game" via an applet. Young scholars place dots on the screen to recognize that they have created Sierpinski's Triangle.
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Risk Taker - Probability Web Quest
Students complete an on line, teacher created, webquest to study the origin of probability, theoretical and simulated probability; computing the probability of two independent events; and mutually exclusive events. They make a Venn...
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Which Bag is Which?
Pupils explore number sense by completing a statistical analysis game in class. For this data graphing lesson, students utilize visual references such as colored cubes and tiles to map out the results of an experiment outcome such as a...
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Math is Everywhere! Post Test
In this math test instructional activity, students complete 10 multiple choice questions covering a wide variety of math concepts. An answer link is included.
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Multo - game (all, Mathematics)
Third graders practice multiplication using a fun game called "Multo." They write numbers in boxes using a grid similar to one found on a Bingo card. They score when their numbers are called. The smallest number possible is zero and the...
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Drawing Conclusions
Students play a probability game, then design and complete a probability problem concerning changing odds.
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Combinations and Permutations
For this statistics worksheet, students solve the probability of an event occurring using probability, permutation and combination. There are 17 questions with an answer key.
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Is It Fair?
In this probability instructional activity, learners answer nine questions about the fairness of games. High schoolers determine if a game is fair or not. They list outcomes and find ones' chances of winning.
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Probability Word Problems
In this finding the odds worksheet, students apply the probability facts to find the odds for each problem. Students solve eight problems.
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Probability: the Study of Chance
Learners experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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Probability Two Dice
In this probability worksheet, students solve and complete 2 different problems related to rolling two dice. First, they select one number from 2 to 12. Then, students roll the dice over and over again until one person's number comes up....
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Treats in a Basket
Students explore probability by participating in an experimental activity. In this number statistics lesson, students collaborate in groups in which they move a game piece around a board. Students calculate their probability of landing...