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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Matrix Operations ActivityTexas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Matrix Operations Activity
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Texas Instruments
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9th - 10th
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Activity

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Matrix Operations

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Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students how using matrix multiplication can lead to solving real-world problems. In this situation, a painting is missing and the probability of travel betweek five cities at any time is given. Using this information, students will discover where the painting is probably being held, using matrices.

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Concepts

matrices, multiplication

Additional Tags

matrix multiplication, probability matrix, numb3rs, ti, texas instruments

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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