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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Red, Green, or Blue?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a lesson plan for a probability game for two people. Aligns with 7.SP.C.8.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Odds Probability Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Convert stated odds to a decimal value of probability and a percentage value of winning and losing. This calculator will convert "odds for winning" an event or "odds against winning" an event into percentage chances of both winning and...
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Los Juegos en Las Matematicas

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. This interactive unit brings games to the math classroom. The games will give you a chance to practice algebra and probability. These games could be adapted to different levels with small variation.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Plinko!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will simulate a popular game, find experimental probabilities, and then compare those probabilities to the corresponding theoretical probabilities.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: A Bit of Basic Blackjack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson explores a little probability in the world of the card game Blackjack. While gambling is not mentioned or used in the lesson, students do find the probability of attaining a...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hey, That's Not Fair! (Or Is It?)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students can use the calculator to simulate the dice rolls to play two different games. They will decide if the games give each player an equally likely chance of winning. They also compute the probability of an event...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Adjustable Spinner

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive game for learning theoretical vs experimental probability.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Russian Toy Store: Chance Experiments

For Students 4th - 5th
Students will play learning games to explore probability, outcomes, and chance.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: What's the Point of Squash?

For Students 9th - 10th
Squash isn't an Olympic sport (yet!) but it has an interesting scoring system. If you reach 8-all in a game of squash, when should you decide to play to 9 points rather than 10? This activity is a starting point for mathematical...
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US Department of Education

Nces: Kids' Zone: Chances

For Students 9th - 10th
Dice game allows you to see how increasing or decreasing the number of dice rolls affects an outcome.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Games' Medals

For Students K - 1st Standards
Who could have won the gold, silver and bronze medals? This activity is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 1.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Card Games Handling Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a fun game using cards and challenging students to think of probabilities.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Probability and Combinations

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to help students understand probability and combinations. This flipchart includes games and activities to help illustrate the concept.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Dice and Card Math Games

For Students K - 1st
Kids love dice and playing with decks of cards. Leverage these two great (and inexpensive tools) to help students work on math facts, place value and more.
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Other

Web Quest: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a WebQuest written by Susie Hallar of the Warrensburg Schools in Warrensburg, Missouri. Students research 10 famous baseball players, then use the information they find to compute averages, standard deviations, central...
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Toto, the Singapore Lottery

For Students 9th - 10th
The probability of winning this popular lottery game is calculated for each type of winning combination. An interesting phenomenon is presented and its probability is also calculated.
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Education Development Center

The Fun Works: Technology Career Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about some technology careers you've probably never thought of.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Pick a Card, Any Card

For Students 3rd - 5th
No matter what your favorite card game is, we all wish we could use psychic powers to draw the card we want on our turn. You may not have psychic powers, but you might have the power of probability on your side. Do this experiment and...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it fair or not fair? That is the question. Try this math challenge where you use your probability and number sense skills to determine whether or not a game is fair. Find out how mastering this challenge can be useful in real life...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Jeopardy Math Quiz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great math review for middle school students in a Jeopardy game format. It includes questions on probability, integers, mixed numbers/fractions, geometry, and problem solving. It...
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Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot!: Interactive Mathematics: Geometry Articles, Theorems, Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains over five hundred Geometry articles, problems, puzzles, and games. Some sites relating to circles are provided within this list.
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Other

Utah St. Univ.: Coin Tossing Applet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting Applet that simulates the toss of a coin 100 times. A quick count of the results and an accompanying graph make this site useful for both teacher and student.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Education: Glencoe: Statistics and Probability: Luck of the Draw

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Instructions for creating and playing a simple card game through which students can practice calculating the interquartile range from a set of numbers.

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