You choose clothes based on what you think the weather will be (or, be honest, what you have that’s clean regardless of the weather).Every day, all day, you are constantly predicting what will happen: Whether you know it or not, you are a fortune teller of sorts.
Learning ObjectivesĪfter completing the lessons in this unit, students will be able to: For an interesting take on why this type of mathematics is so important, watch Arthur Benjamin’s short talk What Math Students Should be Learning. This lesson explores some fundamentals of probability and its application in the 'real' world. It is easy for youth to engage in fairly complex exercises in probability because it speaks to them. Probability is practical math that is interesting and useful at the same time.
