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Worksheet
Curated OER

Introduction to Probability in Seven Exercise Sets and Seventy Problems

For Students 6th - 8th
In this probability learning exercise, students use the rules of probability to calculate the likelihood of an event to occur in seven exercise sets and seventy problems. Examples, definitions, and formulas are provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding the Probability of Combined Events

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the probability of combined events.  In this eight grade probability lesson, 8th graders use a sample space, two events, and their intersections to determine the probability of each event, their intersection,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability & Game Theory

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson plan, students perform various probability experiments including flipping a coin, picking m&m's out of a bag, and the birthday problem.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Ideas That Lead to Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan sets the ground work for an introduction to and then exploring the concepts that are the foundation for probability. Lots of resources are available for teachers and students at this website.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Tree Diagrams and Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan helps young scholars develop tree diagrams and figure probability of events based on diagrams. Lots of resources are available to support teachers and students at this website.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Conditional and Simultaneous Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan deals with conditional probability and the probability of simultaneous events. Problems included in this lesson tend to have solutions that are counterintuitive. This presents an opportunity to investigate more deeply...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Simple Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains statistics questions regarding probability as a relative frequency. The student will recognize event pairs: complementary events, mutually exclusive events, and independent events, and use them in probability calculations.
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site to learn what is means for two events to be mutually exclusive. Great examples show you how to calculate the probability of such events.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grades 9 10

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize disjoint events as having no outcomes in common.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grade 7

For Students 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize disjoint events as having no outcomes in common.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grades 9 10

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the probability of a series of events that can occur at the same time and of those that cannot.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mutually Exclusive

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore what a mutually exclusive event is and when it can happen. Assess learning with a quiz.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grades 9 10

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the probability of a series of events that can occur at the same time and of those that cannot.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Probability: Pairs of Events and Expected Values

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set of questions pertains to probability: pairs of events, mutually exclusive events, complementary events, expected values, independent events, and conditional probability. Solutions and explanations are included.
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Handout
Richland Community College

Stats: Probability Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides the rules for mutually exclusive events, non-mutually exclusive events, independent events, and dependent events for probability.
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive & Independent Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The somewhat tricky differences between mutually exclusive, non-mutually exclusive, independent, and dependent events are defined here. Common items such as coins, colored cubes, and a deck of cards are all part of the easy-to-understand...
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Activity
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Introduction to Mathematical Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives an overview of probability, including example problems and a reading list. Exhaustive and detailed, this should help dramatically with students looking to study probability.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Mutually Inclusive and Mutually Exclusive Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about mutually inclusive and exclusive events in probability.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probability: Additive and Multiplicative Rules for Probability

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces the student to the basic concepts of Venn diagrams, mutually exclusive events, independence and the additive and multiplicative rules.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mutually Exclusive: Lesson 4

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson defines and explains the phrase mutually exclusive. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Mutually Exclusive."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mutually Exclusive Events

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson defines and explains the phrase mutually exclusive.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mutually Exclusive: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson defines and explains the phrase mutually exclusive. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Mutually Exclusive."
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Lesson Plan
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Probability and Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Mini lessons are provided for learning concepts in the world of probability and statistics. Topics include counting and probability, permutations, combinations, independent and dependent events, and distributions. Links to online...