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Pbs Learning Media: Chances Are

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Focus on the "language" of probability by listing events from your life that are certain, impossible, likely and unlikely to happen. Determine the likelihood of an event occurring using a probability scale, based on a data set, and by simulation.

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Concepts

chance, probability

Additional Tags

events, predictions, probability scale, scales, learningmedia, pbs, data set, probability and odds

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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