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Probability and Relative Frequency Assessment

Probability and Relative Frequency

8th - 11th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewGo ahead and take a chance. Given the probability of an event, scholars determine the frequency of the event out of a sample. The part of a review series for the General Certificate of Secondary Education math assessment asks classmates...
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Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 7th Grade Math – Target I Assessment

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 7th Grade Math – Target I

7th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewThe probability is high that these questions will challenge your pupils! The ninth and final installment of the Grade 7 Claim 1 Slideshow series, a set of items assesses the understanding of simple and compound probability concepts....
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Probability Scale Video

Probability Scale

7 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Scale up your knowledge of probability. Young mathematicians watch a video that describes probability in terms of a scale. They see how probability is a value between zero and one, representing a continuum from impossible to certain.
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Exploring Geometric Probabilities with Buffon’s Coin Problem Lesson Plan

Exploring Geometric Probabilities with Buffon’s Coin Problem

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Scholars create and perform experiments attempting to answer Buffon's Coin problem. They discover the relationships between geometry and probability, empirical and theoretical probabilities, and area of a circle and square.
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Probability Video

Probability

5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Simple probability can be quite simple. An instructive video describes how to determine probabilities by considering possible outcomes. It uses a variety of contexts as examples to cover the topic.
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Introduction to Probability Lesson Plan

Introduction to Probability

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Take a chance with an activity sure to improve your class's skills. An introductory lesson focuses on probability and chance. It shows how probability is always a value between zero and one, i.e., the probability of an event is always...
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Introduction to Playing Cards Lesson Plan

Introduction to Playing Cards

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
A fun, engaging lesson is definitely in the cards for your future. Pupils explore a deck of playing cards in the fifth of six parts in the Statistics and Probability series to learn about its suits and the number of each card type. They...
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Outcomes of Coin Tosses Lesson Plan

Outcomes of Coin Tosses

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Flip a coin: heads, use the resource; tails, use the resource. The fourth of six installments of the Statistics & Probability unit looks at coin tosses and probability. The class conducts an experiment and sees that the outcomes of...
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Fair Trials with Two Dice Lesson Plan

Fair Trials with Two Dice

9th - 12th
Life's not fair, but dice games should be. After playing a two-person game with a pair of dice, scholars investigate the fairness of the game. They consider the number of possible outcomes using the fundamental counting principle and...
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Probability and Relative Frequency Lesson Plan

Probability and Relative Frequency

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
It's all relatively simple once you get the gist. Young mathematicians learn about sample spaces and simple probability by conducting an activity with dice. To complete the second of six parts in the Statistics and Probability unit, they...
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Probability Part 1: Rules and Patterns: Crash Course Statistics #13 Video

Probability Part 1: Rules and Patterns: Crash Course Statistics #13

12 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Probability is all about patterns and rules. An instructive video explores the tenets of probability. It starts with basic probability, moves on to compound probability, and explores the addition and multiplication rules for probability. 
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100-Hand Video Poker Activities & Project

100-Hand Video Poker

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
You hit the jackpot with a fun lesson! Peak your pupils' interest with a lesson calculating the probability of poker hands. A video shows the different types of possible hands when given a specific hand and one card to draw. 
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“The Sky is Falling!" Lesson Plan

“The Sky is Falling!"

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
What is the probability a meteorite strikes land when it hits Earth? Your classes use an experimental lesson plan to collect data and calculate an experimental probability. Using the area of land versus water on Earth, they adjust their...
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Spinner Interactive

Spinner

6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Go round and round to compare theoretical and experimental probabilities. Learners set the number of sectors and the number of spins for a spinner. Then, a table displays the experimental and theoretical probabilities of the spinner for...
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Two Colors Applet Interactive

Two Colors Applet

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Find the box with two green balls. The applet uses six balls, three green and three red, and hides them in three boxes. Pupils choose a box and click on it to reveal the color of balls inside. Using the chosen box, the simulation keeps...
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Marbles Interactive

Marbles

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Grab some marbles from a bag. The applet simulates drawing marbles from a bag. Pupils determine the number of four colors of marbles in a bag and how many marbles to draw. Using information on whether order matters in the draw and if...
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Dice Table Interactive

Dice Table

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Convert a table to probabilities. Pupils set up the winning rules for the sums of two dice. Using the rules, the applet fills out a table showing the winners for each combination. Learners determine the probabilities of winning for each...
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Buffon's Needle Interactive

Buffon's Needle

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Find the needle on a lined paper. Pupils run a simulation of dropping a needle on a lined paper. The probability of the needle crossing at least one line is pi/2. After each trial, the interactive displays the approximation of pi based...
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Racing Game with One Die Interactive

Racing Game with One Die

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
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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Experimental Probability Interactive

Experimental Probability

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Spin into a dicey experiment. Pupils use a spinner or a pair of dice to determine the experimental probabilities of each outcome. The interactive allows for either, one, five, or ten consecutive experiments. Using the applet, learners...
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Coin Toss Interactive

Coin Toss

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Are your young mathematicians having a hard time making heads or tails of probabilities? It's no toss up—here is a resource that's sure to straighten them out! Learners run the interactive to toss a coin a different number of times....
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Simple Monty Hall Interactive

Simple Monty Hall

6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
What's behind door number one? A fun resource lets learners simulate the classic Monty Hall probability problem. Pupils choose a door, and after they select a losing door, they decide whether to switch or stay. Using their decisions, the...
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Penney's Game Video

Penney's Game

9 mins 6th - 12th
Stack the odds in your favor. Scholars watch a video in the Numberphile Coins series that introduces a game where contestants pick a sequence of three coin flips (such as HHT) and keep flipping a coin until that sequence appears. The...
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EngageNY Grade 7 Mathematics: Module 5
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EngageNY Grade 7 Mathematics: Module 5

7th
CCSS: Adaptable
Seventh-grade mathematicians build an understanding of basic probability in a comprehensive 23-lesson unit. Starting with the calculation of probabilities in simple contexts, students go on to explore probability distributions and learn how to use random sampling to collect information about populations.
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