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Nctm: Figure This: Matching Birth Months

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Here's a interesting challenge! Out of six people in a room, what is the probability that everyone was born in a different month? An investigation that explores the probability of an event occurring. Discover how this skill is used in real life situations in this one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
chance, data collection, probability
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Additional Tags
interpreting data, math concept, measure of chance, odds, probability of an event, statistics chance, figure this, nctm, problem solving, probability applications
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)