Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Racing Game With Two Dice
Simulate a game where "N" players roll two dice, and the lucky player has an advantage for reaching the finish.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Rolling Dice
Roll two dice 10 times. After each roll, note whether any sixes were observed and record your results in the table below. Aligns with 7.SP.C.7.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Lions, Tigers, and Probability
Students explore the probabilities of simple events, such as rolling a dice, in this interactive web lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.8 Tetrahedral Dice
Many games use dice which are six-sided and fair (meaning each face on the die is equally likely to land face up). Many games also use the sum of two dice rolled at the same time to determine movement of game pieces. However, not all...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Dice Probabilities
You're playing Monopoly with a friend, and you've already got Park Place and you really, really want to get Boardwalk. If you're on Pacific Avenue, what are the chances you'll reach your goal? Here's an easy project that will show you...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Probability
Students examine predictable outcomes of events such as flipping a coin or rolling a dice. They see that these events repeated many times form a pattern of distribution. They explore the probability concepts of most likely and least likely.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.a.3: Finding Probabilities of Compound Events
Cecil has two six-sided dice, a red one and a white one. Aligns with S-CP.A.3.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Probability Dice
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to review probability.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Introduction to Probability
This site from Richland Community College provides an overview of probability including a list of probability rules. Several examples using dice are included.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Probability
[Free Registration/Login Required] What is the likelihood that an event will occur? Using the dice tool, students created spinners, tally tables, and building their own ice cream treats and pizzas.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Activity: An Experiment With a Die
Explore probability with this dice experiment. Includes instructions for recording data on a table, creating a graph, questions to investigate, a probability formula, and a discussion of probability.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Last Banana: A Thought Experiment in Probability
Imagine a game played with two players and two dice: if the biggest number rolled is one, two, three, or four, player 1 wins. If the biggest number rolled is five or six, player 2 wins. Who has the best probability of winning the game?...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Crazy Choices Game
Compare theoretical and experimental probabilities, using dice, cards, spinners, or coin tosses. Three different probabilities can be compared at once.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.1 Sample Spaces and Probability
This section explores how to determine the sample space, or possible outcomes, for an event such as rolling dice. It also investigates how to determine the probability of different outcomes occurring for an activity such as flipping a...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive & Independent Events
The somewhat tricky differences between mutually exclusive, non-mutually exclusive, independent, and dependent events are defined here. Common items such as coins, colored cubes, and a deck of cards are all part of the easy-to-understand...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Basic Probability
The mathematics resource investigates basic probability. Students learn about the topic through notes and examples. The tutorial consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the concept.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Probability Simulations App
Explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates the rolling of dice, tossing of coins and generating random numbers. Evaluation options include bar graphs, table of trials data, settings for specifying the number of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Probability
Practice finding probabilities of events, such as rolling dice, drawing marbles out of a bag, and spinning spinners. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Probability Simulations App
This App allows students to explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates rolling dice, tossing coins, and generating random numbers. They use evaluation options such as bar graphs and table of trials data....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fun With Probability
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on 8th grade Probability. Through the use of interactive dice roller, magic viewer, and manipulation of objects, students can bring Probability to life!
SMART Technologies
Smart: Dice and Card Math Games
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.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Remove One Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students play a game involving chips, dice, and a number line to explore the outcomes of events. Printable lesson plan.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Odds Fair Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a follow up to flip chart on odds. Students will play a game in pairs with a pair of dice and record the products. Usually, the student who chooses the even products wins. They will use the odds...