Want a leg up on the competition? Show classes how to use mathematics to their advantage when playing games. Learners calculate probabilities to determine a reasonable scoring strategy for a game. 

Concepts

experimental probability, sample spaces, independent events, probability, probability experiments, theoretical probability

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners analyze a popular board game using the same procedure
• Incorporate theoretical probabilities to compare to the experimental probabilities

Classroom Considerations

• Prepare the materials for the activity before class begins
• The first in a 30-part set of probability and statistics lessons

Pros

• Includes suggestions for English learners
• Provides extra problems for independent or guided practice, including a worked-out solution guide

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-CP.A.1 MP2 MP3