Curated OER
Unexpected Answers
Students explore and complete a variety of activities demonstration probability. They make observations about the results of the activities. Students complete and discuss conditional probability. Also, students draw conclusions about...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mutually Exclusive
Explore what a mutually exclusive event is and when it can happen. Assess learning with a quiz.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive & Independent Events
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...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive Events
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mutually Exclusive: Lesson 4
This lesson defines and explains the phrase mutually exclusive. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Mutually Exclusive."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mutually Exclusive: Lesson 1
This lesson defines and explains the phrase mutually exclusive. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Mutually Exclusive."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mutually Exclusive Events
This lesson defines and explains the phrase mutually exclusive.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Mutually Exclusive Events
After defining mutually exclusive events, this lesson presents several examples showing how to find the probability of such events.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding the Probability of Two Mutually Exclusive Events
This lesson demonstrates how to find the probability of two mutually exclusive events.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Mutually Inclusive and Mutually Exclusive Events
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about mutually inclusive and exclusive events in probability.
Rice University
Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Mutually Exclusive Events
This resources offers a brief, one paragraph description of mutually exclusive events and gives an example for further clarification.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize disjoint events as having no outcomes in common.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize disjoint events as having no outcomes in common.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grades 9 10
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grades 9 10
[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.
Curated OER
Mutually Exclusive Sets
This page gives a good discussion of Venn diagrams, including a Venn diagram of two disjoint, or mutually exclusive, sets.
Richland Community College
Stats: Probability Rules
This site provides the rules for mutually exclusive events, non-mutually exclusive events, independent events, and dependent events for probability.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Simple Probability
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Probability: Pairs of Events and Expected Values
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Additive and Multiplicative Rules for Probability
[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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Venn Diagrams
This set contains statistics questions about Venn diagrams. The student interprets when a Venn diagram suggests such event pairs as mutually exclusive, complementary, and independent events, and uses these diagrams in determining...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Introduction to Mathematical Probability
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.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Ideas That Lead to Probability
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 learners at this website.