Create a game spinner with one to twelve sectors in order to look at experimental and theoretical probabilities. Parameters: Number of sectors, number of trials.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Primary Subjects:
Discrete, Fractions, Probability, Statistics
Related Topics:
angles, circle graph, circles, events, experimental probability, fair, geometric probability, outcomes, percents, pie chart, probability, probability simulation, spinner, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials
Experiment with probability using a fixed size section spinner, a variable section spinner, two regular 6-sided dice or customized dice.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Primary Subjects:
Discrete, Probability, Statistics
Related Topics:
circles, events, experimental probability, fair, fractions, geometric probability, outcomes, percentages, probability simulation, random number, simulation, spinner, statistics, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials
Simulate a game where two players each roll a die, and the lucky player moves one step to the finish. Parameters: what rolls win and how many steps to the finish line.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Primary Subjects:
Discrete, Probability
Related Topics:
circle graph, events, experimental probability, fair, geometric probability, percents, pie chart, probability, probability simulation, random number, theoretical probability, trials
