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The mathematical methods of probability arose in the investigations first of Gerolamo Cardano in the 1560s, and then in the correspondence Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal (1654) on such questions as the fair division of the stake in an interrupted game of chance.

PROBABILITY

Key questions

  1. Do we recall the basics of probability?

  2. What is relative frequency?

  3. How can sample spaces help in solving problems?

  4. Can we use systematic listing strategies?

  5. What are Venn diagrams and set notation?

  6. How are tree diagrams used to solve problems?

  7. Can we problem solve with probability?

7 lessons

Specification details

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Literacy

  • stories that set a frame or background

  • stories that accompany or intertwine

  • stories that introduce

  • stories that explain

  • stories that ask a question

  • stories that entertain

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