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Calculating and Applying Basic Probability

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the basic concepts of probability. In this probability lesson plan, 8th graders learn the associated probability. They work with spinners, colored cubes in a bag, flip coins, and choose colored candies while...
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Probabilities for Number Cubes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of probability.  In this probability lesson, students roll a six-sided number cube and record the frequency of each outcome.  Learners graph their data using a frequency chart and keep tally marks...
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The Counting Principle, Sample Spaces, and Probability

For Students 9th - 11th
In this statistics and probability worksheet, students solve problems in which they use the counting principle and/or tree diagrams to determine the number of outcomes of an event or the probability of event occurring.  The three...
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Integrated Algebra Regents Questions: Combinations and Probability

For Students 6th - 8th
In this combinations and probability worksheet, students solve 3 short answer problems. Students draw tree diagrams to represent possible outcomes in a sample space. Students determine the probability of an event.
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Probability and Geometry

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the ways Geometry can help solve probability problems. Students describe platonic solids and practice calculating probability using an online resource. They construct dice with various numbers of sides to demonstrate...
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Data Management and Probability: Applications

For Students 7th
In this data management and probability applications worksheet, 7th graders solve 13 different types of problems that include finding the mean, median, mode, and range of each set of values, as well as, solving a number of word problems....
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Probability Game

For Students 6th - 7th
Sixth and seventh graders complete and play a game that includes determining the probability of events. First, they list their names for each person playing. Then, everyone selects a number and roll the dice 100 times. They place a mark...
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Election Poll, Variation 3

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Build on probability and incorporate a random number generator to select outcomes for a school election. Your learners will record their results on a dot plot and answer questions regarding whether their candidate has a chance at the...
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Even/Odds Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using a game format, learners review what they know about theoretical probability. As they roll tetrahedron dice, they record their results as odd or even. Afterwards, they discuss their findings.
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Figure This! Math Challenges for Families

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young mathematicians complete a family math challenge packet. They will complete a packet of mixed math activities. They work with graphs, comparing numerical data, tessellations, and probability.
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Hatchet: Predicting the Outcome Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
What will happen in Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? Kids read a series of possible events that will occur in the novel and mark whether they agree or disagree with the probability of each event happening.
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Is It Fair?

For Students 9th - 12th
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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Playing With Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students rotate through work stations where they compute problems of theoretical and experimental probability. In this probability lesson plan, students use simulations of a lottery system.
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Handling Data: Probability, Tree Diagrams

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Clean, but captivating, two online simulations demonstrate probability for middle schoolers. They can choose the number of coins and tosses and watch as the results pile up. They can choose from a variety of spinner types and the number...
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Introduction to Probability

For Teachers 11th
For this probability worksheet, 11th graders review basic probability concepts such as chance, probability lines, and possible outcomes. There are 6 problems on here.
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Probability, Genetics and the Human Condition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of probability as it relates us to be able to make predictions about future events based upon our knowledge of past outcomes. They have an innate appreciation for probability. Students make a connection...
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Theoretical Probability

For Students 7th - 8th
In this theoretical probability worksheet, students determine the probability of ten simple events. The theoretical events contain topics related to cards, number cubes, and vowels. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Areas and Probabilities

For Students 9th - 12th
In this area and probability worksheet, students solve 5 problems where they find the probability of an event occurring. They also use a given photograph of the moon's surface to find the area covered by craters and determine the...
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False Positives

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
The test may say you have cancer, but sometimes the test is wrong. The provided task asks learners to analyze cancer statistics for a fictitious town. Given the rate of false positives, they interpret the meaning of this value in the...
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Fair Trials with Two Dice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Life's not fair, but dice games should be. After playing a two-person game with a pair of dice, scholars investigate the fairness of the game. They consider the number of possible outcomes using the fundamental counting principle and...
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Finding Probabilities Using Lists of Outcomes

For Students 6th - 7th
For this probability worksheet, students solve 5 multi-step questions pertaining to making lists of possible outcomes and calculating probability. This page is intended to be an online activity, but can be completed on paper.
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Unit 10 Section 2: Finding Outcomes With Two Experiments

For Students 5th
In this experiment worksheet, 5th graders study 5 examples and their outcomes. Students then respond to 8 questions, completing the responses to outcomes and probability.
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Probable Pizza Shop

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore possible outcomes. In this math lesson plan, students list the possible pizza combinations they could offer on the menu of their new pizza shop. Students
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Probability

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students solve probability problems. In this fraction and probability lesson, students review how to simplify fractions and learn how to express probability as a fraction.