This week, we're working on probability in maths. Theory and introduction aside, we looked at the mathematics involved in pulling out a single card from a collection of eight cards, as well as rolling a ten sided die to see what the chances were to roll a three, five or another number.
After that, we split into pairs and were handed a bag with twenty Skittles in it. Each bag had a random collection of colours. We looked at what colours we had and discussed with our buddy what the chances would be to select each colour. Next, we closed our eyes and randomly selected a Skittle from our bag to see if we picked a Skittle that had a high chance of being selected, low chance, 50:50, or something in between. We took notes on our selections as well. Afterwards, we got to eat the Skittles so we didn't have a lot to pack away. Mathematical Skittles are best Skittles!
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Malcolm
31/3/2016 01:57:03 pm
What a delicious lesson, gee the teachers back in my day only used chalk and boring talk! Congtats on technique
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Vivienne Alexander
31/3/2016 08:31:00 pm
Particularly love the butterfly method!
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