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A-1 Unit A – Probability and Permutations and Combinations Notes. Class notes for Probability and Permutations and Combinations. This unit is a combination of Probability with Unit E Combinatorics
A-2 YouTube Play List for the Unit. The entire unit in a couple dozen videos! But remember, watching is not a good way to learn. You still need to doodle, explore on your own and in class!
A-3 Worksheets and Selected possible assignments: (you can always work ahead someytimes even if not specifically assigned!)
Due Dates as per Blog(s)
- Probability Introduction (Assgt A-; )
Experimental and Theoretical Probability- Theoretical and Experimental Probability Puzzle (A– )
- Probability Odds. (Assgt A– )
- Counting Pathways (Assgt A-, )
- Sample Space (Assgt A– )
- Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP) [ Assgt A-]
- Simple Permutations Practice []
- Counting and Permutations Puzzle (Assgt A- )
- Distinguishable Arrangements. (A-) What happens if you have several identical objects in a set
- Permutations Fun [Not Hand-in, try if you dare, see the movie: Permutations Fun!]
Licence Plates Activity[ ]- Simple Combinations Practice. []
- Simple Perms and Combs Practice. []
- Combinations Puzzle Combination Puzzle: ]
Dependent-Independent Worksheet(]- Dependent-Independent Puzzle [Assgt A-; ]
- Dependent Probability Worksheet. [Assgt A-; ]
- Dependent or Independent Worksheet. [ ! ]
- Adding Probabilities – Using ‘Or’. [ ] [Omit Question 2, too cumbersome]
- Adding Probabilities – Mutually Exclusive. []
- Probability Practice Hidden Picture [A-]
- Probability Review [individual study]
- Some Common Sample Spaces. For those unfamiliar with cards or dice!
A-4 Five Part Video Series Probability. A great five part series in 15 minutes.
A-5 Workbooks. Some 20 to 30 page workbooks (many with answers) for Units A and E.
- Unit A – Probability Workbook. MINI_Version
- Unit E – Permutations & Combinations Workbook. MINI Version
- Want more? Our Review Package: 50 Past Exam Questions. In Mini Form.
- 20 Pages of Solved Permutations and Combinations Problems
- The foremost (advanced) Probability and Combinatorics (and More) Reference.
- Here is selected extracts of the wonderful Reference.
- Pre-Calculus Probability Review – 24 pages of questions with answers from 20 years ago!
- Pre-Calculus Permutations and Combinations Practice Exam. Former excellent Pre-Calculus website material, long since disappeared. (no answers)
- Pre-Calculus Probability Practice Exam. Another excellent resource at Pre-Calculus Level from defunct but excellent website.
A-4 PLINKO! Check out Pascal’s Triangle for combinations and pathways!! Perfect animation game.
A-6 Probability Quiz. Quiz yourself on-line. Get your score.
A-7 Theoretical Probability. Great notes on Theoretical Probability
A-8 Algebra Lab Lesson – Introduction to Probability. A good website.
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A-12 Probability – Certain and Impossible Events. Math Goodies website.
A-13 The Complement of an Event. The complement is just the NOT of something!
A-14 Permutations and Combinations – Math Forum. Ask Doctor Math! A good introduction to Permutations and Combinations
A-15 Factorial Notes. What is a factorial?
A-16 Permutations. A good explanation of permutations. Remember! The order does matter in permutations.
A-17 Combinations. A Good Explanation of Combinations. In combinations the order does not matter.
A-20 Table of Perms and Combs. Often, seeing a table is way better than just using a calculator! Much easier to see patterns. Besides, most of your teachers never had calculators in the mid 1970s, we only had tables at the back of a book! Or else we had to calculate manually.
A-21 Permutations and Combinations Calculator. An awesome calculator for calculating Permutations and Combinations and showing all the resulting arrangements too!
A-22 Some on line games, Quizzes, Interactives:
- Basic Probability Quiz.
- Quiz- Perms and Combs. Score yourself! Fun for the whole family.
- Plinko. Awesome demonstration of Pascal Triangle and Combinations
- Interactive – Coin Toss. Toss a single coin as often as you want. See if it is fair!
- Interactive – Experimental Probability. What do you expect should happen according to theory, what happens when you do the experiment? Are they close?
- Interactive – Experimental Probability. Another way t0 experiment .
- Interactive – Marbles. Throw some different or same marbles in a bag! See the probability of pulling out certain combinations, permutations
- Interactive – Venn Diagram. A method to show compound events.
- On Line Probability Test – Flipping Coins.
A-24 Compound Events Notes. Great 4 pages of notes on Compound Events. For example the probability of two things happening like you win the lottery AND you get hit by a bus!
A-33 Video – Billy Nye – Probability. Check out this great introduction to Probability from Bill Nye the Science Guy! In three parts: See me, I have a DVD!
A-40 Extra Worksheets:
Selection of worksheets Combined.
Glossary (Word of the Day]
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