This lesson will explain the rule for finding the probability of at least one of two or more non-overlapping events happening. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Either/Or Probability for Non-Overlapping Events." Includes short quiz. [5:42]
This lesson will explain the general addition rule for probability. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Either/Or Probability for Overlapping Events." [5:08]
This lesson will explain the general addition rule for probability. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Either/Or Probability for Overlapping Events." [6:57]
Try this probability challenge from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. See if you can figure out the probability of putting three checks in the correct envelopes without looking. Also, discover how probability skills are used in real life situations.
This resource presents an interesting challenge for the serious mathematician with strong reasoning skills. Explore proportional reasoning, probabilities, fractions, and ratios in this challenge to figure out if you always get six hours of recording on a 120 minute video tape. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection that connects this skill to real world applications.
SSAC Geology of National Parks module/Geology of National Parks course. Students calculate probabilities using USGS hydrograph data, a spreadsheet of daily stage heights, and the COUNTIF function.
In this lesson students will learn about function machines and the data they generate.
This site contains information on the randomness and geometric probability. It includes several links for information, includes real life examples.
This University of St. Andrews page offers an excellent biography on George Boole, an English mathematician and linguist (1815-1864.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these fields.
This site teaches Statistics and Probability to 7th graders through a series of 475 questions and interactive activities aligned to 10 Common Core mathematics skills.
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This site teaches Statistics and Probability to 8th graders through a series of 303 questions and interactive activities aligned to 5 Common Core mathematics skills.
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In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares.
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your math skills. These Halloween math worksheets focus on topics such as multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, number patterns, counting, ordering, probability, and measurement.
This resources offers a brief, one paragraph description of mutually exclusive events and gives an example for further clarification.
An interactive game for learning theoretical vs experimental probability.
Explore the term independent events and why they do not effect one another. Includes short quiz. [2:33]
Looks at what the probability would be of someone correctly guessing the answers for two multiple-choice questions on a test. [4:44]
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This is a set of interactive lecture demonstration questions designed to probe student understanding of single-slit diffraction.
This tutorial explains how to distinguish between independent and dependent events. Several examples are provided to find the probability of each type of event.
After defining mutually exclusive events, this lesson presents several examples showing how to find the probability of such events.