Curated OER
Math Applications 13
For this probability worksheet, students solve 2 different problems that include 7 parts in the first one and 2 parts in the second. First, they find the probability that one marble selected at random from a jar will be yellow or green....
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Many Numbers Can You Remember?
Most people don't even remember phone numbers anymore, and instead program them into their phones. There is a limit to the number of numbers, or digits, that most people can remember. Try this experiment to test your digit span, the...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Probability and Statistics
This is a resource for many topics in probability and statistics. Click on the topic of your choice for an explanation. The sites you will be linked to are quite extensive. A degree of higher-level math is necessary for understanding...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Use Random Numbers
Students use a graphing calculator to find experimental probabilities by generating random numbers, using the random integer function. This Technology Lab accompanies Lesson 10-5 from the 2007 Holt, Rinehart and Winston Algebra 1 textbook.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Escape
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity gives students a brief introduction to percolation theory, framed in the context of a criminal trying to evade officers. The lesson makes use of random numbers completing a path...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Random Drawing Tool
Students are able to to visualize the difference between theoretical and experimental probabilities with this computer based tool.