Posts Tagged ‘math classroom activities’
October 5th, 2009
by Tracy in Math fun
October 5th is the Most Popular Birthday! The Birthday Paradox Explained
In honor of the most common birth date in America on October 5th, the birthday paradox is an interesting experiment for students to learn about probabilities of a pair. Beware. Some of these statistics are beyond the typical "pumpkin math" exercise, but everyone should still be able to walk away with the general idea of how the birthday paradox works.
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