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Virginia Department of Education

Organizing Topic: Probability

10th - 12th Standards
The probability is high learning will occur! A well-designed unit introduces learners to the concepts of independent, dependent, and mutually exclusive events. Using Venn diagrams, the lessons ask learners to analyze many different...
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TED-Ed

How Many Ways Can You Arrange a Deck of Cards?

9th - 12th Standards
Entertain and grab your learners' attention with a short video clip that engagingly teaches the concept of a permutation and how a factorial is a wonderful shortcut for theoretical probability calculations.
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Curated OER

"Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar" by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

6th - 8th
Students work with large numbers and recognizing mathematical symbols and the factorial symbol and its meaning.
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Curated OER

Mathematics Witing: Algebraic Processes and Its Connections to Geometry

4th - 5th
Students, using manipulatives, determine how many different ways there are to arrange 3 and 4 objects. They organize and record their arrangements. Students investigate the pattern generated by 3 and 4 objects, they predict how many ways...
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Curated OER

Students use fundamental counting principle to compute combinations and permutations

9th - 10th
Students define Pascal's triangle and special notations used to represent nth elements. In this geometry lesson, students solve problems using permutations and combinations. They compare the formula for permutation to that of Pascal's...
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Curated OER

Combinations

8th - 11th
Students investigate the possibility of different events using combination. In this statistics lesson, students investigate the accuracy of permutations and combinations. They solve problems related to combinations.