Dice duels: airport addition

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Published on 2018 August 1st

Description
Move planes along numbered lanes on an airport runway. Add the numbers on a pair of dice to determine which plane takes off. Try to predict which lane is most likely to clear quickly. Explore how many rolls are needed to match a chosen number five times. Look at an explanation of uneven distributions. Compare the theoretical data distribution with experimental results. This learning object is one in a series of 11 objects.
Objective
1. Students collect and handle data about random events to test conjectures about variation and probabilities.
2. Students interpret frequency graphs to identify theoretical probabilities.
3. Students distinguish between even and uneven data distributions.
4. Students compare theoretical and experimentally derived data distributions.
5. Students relate the shape of data distributions to statements about sample variation and sample size.

Curriculum Information

K to 12
Grade 8, Grade 4, Grade 3, Grade 9, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 10
Mathematics
Numbers and Number Sense
Learners, Students

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