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Illustrative Mathematics

Rolling Dice

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Rolling dice is a great way for your mathematicians to get a hands-on approach to probabilities. Use the chart to record whether they rolled a six during ten attempts. Calculate results individually (or in small groups) and then record...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Countdown Challenge: Experimental Probability

For Students 7th - 8th
In this probability instructional activity, learners compute the experimental probability of an event from given data. They give answers in fraction, decimal and percent form. Students compare the theoretical probability to the...
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Curated OER

Conditional Probability and Probability of Simultaneous Events

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of conditional probability and probability of simultaneous events. In this conditional probability and probability of simultaneous events lesson, students roll dice or use and applet to roll dice to determine...
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Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Here is a classic activity used to introduce your class to the concept of probability and data collection. They will roll one die 30 times, then record and discuss the results. Great introduction, but too shallow to be considered a...
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Curated OER

Introduction to the Concept of Probability

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Middle and high schoolers have a clarified definition of probability, they explore about outcomes in probability and how to calculate experimental probability. They use computers to learn about probability.
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Curated OER

Ideas That Lead to Probability

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore and define the concept of probability. They utilize a random number generator to determine the fairness of a game. Internet and printable versions fo the activities are included.
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Math Worksheets Land

Probability of Chance Events - Matching Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
When choosing items probability can sometimes play a key role. Your mathematicians will explore this probability and how to calculate the values based on the scenario they have. Use this instructional activity along with the additional...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Dice Table

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
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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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Game of SKUNK

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Do I stand or do I sit? The class plays a dice game where they must decide to either continue to stand and play or sit down and keep their points. After the game, groups discuss individuals' strategies and see connections to the...
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Project Maths

Fair Trials with Two Dice

For Teachers 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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Illustrative Mathematics

Tossing Cylinders

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Everyone loves a lesson that involves throwing things around! To understand probability, your experimenters will predict how different cylinder-shaped objects will land when tossed. When the data is collected, they will calculate the...
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Probably Probability

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Reinforce the concept of probability with a series of lessons highlighting the idea of likelihood, probability formulas, relative frequency, outcomes, and event predictions. The collection is made up of four lessons offering informative...
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Curated OER

Math Probability Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
"Defy the Pig" is a fun dice game that can be a great warm up activity to math probability lesson plans.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Pair of Dice Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this probability worksheet, students problem solve 5 word problems involving finding the probability of 5 scenarios from rolling a pair of dice.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Probability: Grade A

For Students 7th - 9th
Math whizzes explore dependent and independent outcomes. They determine the outcome of simple and compound events. Pupils complete tree diagrams to identify outcomes. They identify fair and unfair games. This two-page worksheet contains...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Expected Value: Creating a Discrete Probability Distribution Table

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Wanna roll the dice? Determine whether it is a good idea to play a dice game. An interactive presents the rules for a game of dice. Pupils find the probabilities of each event and calculate the expected value of the game. They finish...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Binomial Distributions and Probability: Roll One!

For Students 9th - 12th
It takes exactly one to win. Pupils calculate the probability of rolling five dice and having only a single die come up with a one. Learners calculate the number of expected wins out of a series of games. The interactive provides...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Discrete Random Variables: Roll the Dice!

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
And the winner is ... not always who it appears to be. An interactive gives the directions for a dice game that on the surface gives one player an advantage over the other. Pupils look closer at the possible outcomes and find the...
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Curated OER

Chances Are

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders examine the concept of probability. They collect data and create a bar graph. They must interpret the data as well. Everyone engages in hands-on games and activities which lead them to predict possible outcomes for a...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Rolling Two Dice 100 Times - Recording the Results

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this probability worksheet, learners roll 2 dice 100 times while tallying the totals that are rolled. They answer 6 questions based on the data collected from rolling the die.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability- Based Bingo Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Statisticians play a game of Bingo to discover the meaning of probability. They are given 12 markers to distribute across the numbers 1-12 on their playing mat. As a pair of dice is rolled, markers are removed from the playing mat. The...
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Curated OER

Pair of Dice

For Students 4th - 8th
In this probability worksheet, students answer probability word problems about a pair of dice. Students complete 5 word problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Probability

For Students 8th
In this probability worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 15 different problems related to determining the probability of various events. First, they complete the table illustrated on the sheet. Then, students use the table to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Probability of a Single Event

For Students 4th - 6th
In this probability activity, students solve thirty-six fractional probabilities involving the rolling of a dice to specific scenarios, game spinners, sweets in a bag and random colors. Students check their answers online as they go.

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