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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.1 Sample Spaces and Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section explores how to determine the sample space, or possible outcomes, for an event such as rolling dice. It also investigates how to determine the probability of different outcomes occurring for an activity such as flipping a...
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Basic Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The mathematics resource investigates basic probability. Students learn about the topic through notes and examples. The tutorial consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the concept.
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Interactive
US Department of Education

Nces: Kids' Zone: Chances

For Students 9th - 10th
Dice game allows you to see how increasing or decreasing the number of dice rolls affects an outcome.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.8 Tetrahedral Dice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Many games use dice which are six-sided and fair (meaning each face on the die is equally likely to land face up). Many games also use the sum of two dice rolled at the same time to determine movement of game pieces. However, not all...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Probability Simulations App

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates the rolling of dice, tossing of coins and generating random numbers. Evaluation options include bar graphs, table of trials data, settings for specifying the number of...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simple Probability

For Students 6th - 8th
Practice finding probabilities of events, such as rolling dice, drawing marbles out of a bag, and spinning spinners. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Probability Simulations App

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This App allows students to explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates rolling dice, tossing coins, and generating random numbers. They use evaluation options such as bar graphs and table of trials data....
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it fair or not fair? That is the question. Try this math challenge where you use your probability and number sense skills to determine whether or not a game is fair. Find out how mastering this challenge can be useful in real life...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fun With Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on 8th grade Probability. Through the use of interactive dice roller, magic viewer, and manipulation of objects, students can bring Probability to life!
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Dice and Card Math Games

For Students K - 1st
Kids love dice and playing with decks of cards. Leverage these two great (and inexpensive tools) to help students work on math facts, place value and more.
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Activity
Richland Community College

Richland Community College: Introduction to Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Richland Community College provides an overview of probability including a list of probability rules. Several examples using dice are included.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Remove One Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play a game involving chips, dice, and a number line to explore the outcomes of events. Printable lesson.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dice and Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to explore the probability of rolling certain values using the dice tool. By the end of this lesson, the students will have gathered experimental data, made hypothesis about...
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Activity: An Experiment With a Die

For Students 3rd - 4th
Explore probability with this dice experiment. Includes instructions for recording data on a table, creating a graph, questions to investigate, a probability formula, and a discussion of probability.
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Activity
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Intro to Probability Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The concept of random variables comes to life with this Applet used to roll one, two, six, or nine dice. The user selects the number of rolls to be completed, and the program quickly counts and graphs the results.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Crazy Choices Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare theoretical and experimental probabilities, using dice, cards, spinners, or coin tosses. Three different probabilities can be compared at once.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hey, That's Not Fair! (Or Is It?)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students can use the calculator to simulate the dice rolls to play two different games. They will decide if the games give each player an equally likely chance of winning. They also compute the probability of an event...
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: The Spinner: Your Decision Maker

For Students 9th - 10th
This handy math spinner does most of the work for you. You can choose whether to use numbers, dice, yes/no, etc., and how many sections there are on the spinner. Then you spin it and it tabulates the results, creating a bar graph as it...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students the opportunity for hands on exploration of probabilities using the dice tool and other real life probability cases. The lesson concludes with a 5 question Activote session.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Bit of a Dicey Problem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Short website offers a look into the theoretical probability of tossing dice. Several questions related to the throwing of dice are included.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Tricky Track Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The directions on this site are for an interesting, two-player dice game named Tricky Track. Grab a partner and play. Do your results surprise you?
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Odds Fair Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a follow up to flip chart on odds. Students will play a game in pairs with a pair of dice and record the products. Usually, the student who chooses the even products wins. They will use the odds...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Donkey Derby Handling Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Can you list all probabilities when two dice are thrown? Run your own race here and see which donkey wins.

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