Your Odds of Winning Powerball: Probabilities of Compound Events Using Visuals | The Lowdown

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Classroom Material
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KQED Lowdown Middle School Math Math at the Core infographic powerball lottery lotto gambling odds probability probability model compound events statistics statistical variability statistical probability data visualization visual representation outcomes sample spaces mkqed.math.sp.lottery
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Mathematics
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Your Odds of Winning Powerball: Probabilities of Compound Events Using Visuals | The Lowdown

In this video, explore the odds of winning the Powerball lottery and learn what few people realize about their chances of winning: they are miniscule. In the accompanying classroom activity, students create simple lottery models to help them understand the probability of compound events. Though the probability of success at these experiments is better than that of Powerball, students will quickly see that the odds of winning any lottery-type game are seldom in their favor.
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PBS Learning Media

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