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Racing Game with One Die InteractiveRacing Game with One Die Interactive
Publisher
Shodor Education Foundation
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Interactives
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Duration
30 mins
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Racing Game with One Die

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  • Racing Game with Two Dice
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  • Racing Game (One Die) Suggestions (.doc)
  • Racing Game (Two Dice) Suggestions (.pdf)
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Pupils roll a die to figure out which car advances on a race track. They determine the rules for each car moving forward and, given the statistics of the winner, compare if it matches their predictions.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

compound probability, experimental probability, probability, probability experiments, theoretical probability

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Assign a problem to make one of the cars have a slight advantage
  • Lead a discussion on determining whether the race is fair

Classroom Considerations

  • Individuals should understand probability and independence
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • Includes a one-die or two-dice option
  • Gives users the option to run one race at a time or display results of several races at once

Cons

  • None

Common Core

7.SP.C.5 7.SP.C.6 7.SP.C.7.a HSS-IC.A.2 HSS-IC.B.5 HSS-CP.A.2 HSS-CP.A.5 HSS-CP.B.7 HSS-CP.B.8 HSS-MD.A.1 HSS-MD.A.2 HSS-MD.A.3 HSS-MD.B.5.a

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