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Experimental probability and relative frequency
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These slides show a full and detailed walkthrough of the Probability Race Game.
Students will need a pair of dice and can complete this work as individuals, pairs or small groups.
There are extension activities included and there are worksheets to save time, if required.
Please feel free to feedback any questions, queries or amendments.Reviews
maxinemb15 years ago
This is fantastic. It is simply and clearly explained, many thanks.
TES Resource Team6 years ago
Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.
Owen1348668 years ago
A very nicely put together lesson where pupils can roll dice and see how the theoretical probabilities of dice rolling compare with the experimental data they get. Would be good to put the whole class data together and see if that is more accurate than the individuals (which, of course, it should be!)
I used this with a year 8 class to introduce experimental and theoretical probability. It is loosely based on other similar resources I found online but I have made my own version to make it more straightforward for students. We did this at the end of the year, but it can be done at any time. If you use it please review and rate. Thanks!
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abenaaserwaa4 years ago
Thanks for this resource.
umafiesta5 years ago
Great .. thank you form making this freely available. (I'm going to do it with mini cubes instead though :-)
SueHotta5 years ago
Great for my class. Thank you
Spreadsheet simulating the throwing of three dice and displays a bar chart comparing relative frequency to theoretical probability.
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TES Resource Team6 years ago
Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.
Owen1348668 years ago
This isn't really a lesson in its own right, but the spreadsheet is a very nice way to compare experimental and theoretical probabilities more dynamically. I also found it interesting as it involves rolling 3 dice, rather than the well-worn path of two dice rolling. It would be really nice to see some simulations for subtraction as well! Be aware that when rolling many times, you will have to wait for it to generate all the numbers...
I created this PowerPoint as an engaging end of term activity for my low attaining year ten class to investigate the relationship between amount of water in a bottle and the chances of it being flipped successfully. I used the resource to revise experimental probability but the wider investigation covers collecting data, a bit of FDP etc. I know bottle flipping is a bit of a sore point but for some but my class were fully engaged and it helped given them an appreciation of experimental probability. Worksheets are included for groups to complete.
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hoad134 years ago
Thank you, a great engagement beginner or end of lesson to get students talking about probability and the link with Science/Maths and experimental elements.
balua636 years ago
minnaceres6 years ago
Practice questions, homeworks and assessments
Worksheets and activities. The topic of Probability from the Year 9 book of the Mathematics Enhancement Program. For information about these resources and an index for the whole collection please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/CIMT.htm Keywords: Probability, Chance, Likelihood, Tree Diagram, Systematic Listing, Conditions, Mutually Exclusive, Independent, Impossible, Certain, Relative Frequency, Outcome, Trials, Experiment, Even, Likely, Unlikely, Estimation, Complementary, Addition Law, Multiplication Law, Theoretical, Experimental, Scale, Listing, Sample Space.
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zoyamojahid902 years ago
It's very helpful though some ideas were a little different but overall I found it useful
AdSteele4 years ago
Thank you.
drchrisjohn4 years ago
A powerpoint taking you from chance and probability lines, listing outcomes, the probabiliy of an event not happening and tree diagrams.
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SushmaSen5 months ago
The lesson develops in a very sequential manner.
shuklahetalb5 months ago
Thankyou for sharing.
ckirkya year ago
love this resource, clear and logically runs through each step thank you