How many different ways can four people stand in line?
What is the probability of picking a red sheep from the sheep in the field?
How many different ice cream cones can be made by choosing two scoops from six flavours?
The pot contains 10 counters which are being randomly removed and replaced. How many of each colour do you think are in the pot?
In how many different ways might Tran decide to wear his hats in one week?
Find the probability of one event happening given that another event has already happened.
Computer generated random numbers for games and probability experiments
Choose your own numbers for your bingo card. The caller uses two dice and adds the numbers together.
Use a frequency tree to show two or more events and the number of times they occurred.
An interactive online activity requiring logical thinking and a certain amount of luck to place the digits on the correct side of the inequality sign.
The teacher is in charge of the order in which the numbered cards are revealed. Pupils have to decide where to put them!
A version of the Play Your Cards Right TV show. Calculate the probabilities of cards being higher or lower.
Arrange some statements in order according to the probability of them happening. Compare your opinion with thousands of others.
A customised online calculator for quickly finding areas under the normal distribution curve.
Get to know this famous number pattern with some revealing learning activities
Estimate the probability of a drawing pin landing point up from experimental data.
A simulation of a Quincunx (Galton Board) which can be used to create the bell shaped curve of the normal distribution.
Basic probability questions in an online exercise.
Show that you know which formula (as given in the IB Formula Booklet) to use for each probability question. A drag and drop challenge.
Hang out the washing on the line so that the probability words on the t-shirts are in order.
A visual aid to highlight the vocabulary of probability and to debate the relationship between the given words.
A game involving chance and choice requiring an ability to calculate the remainder when a two digit number is divided by a single digit number.
A slide presentation showing how to use the chi-squared test to measure significance.
A game for the whole Maths class to play involving chance and choice.
A race between 12 snails. Which snail is most likely to win? This is the students' version of the race simulation.
Twelve snails have a race based on the sum of two dice. This is the teachers' version of the race simulation.
A game for two players who compete to make the largest possible number from randomly selected cards.
A slide presentation designed to revise the key aspects of Student's t-Test.
Gambling is never a good idea and this activity might help you understand the mathematics involved.
Calculate the probability of independent and dependent combined events using tree diagrams.
An interactive visual aid showing the possibility space obtained when throwing two dice
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