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ERIC Number: EJ615580
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0685
The Law of Large Numbers and Poker Machine Simulations.
Fletcher, Rod
Australian Mathematics Teacher, v56 n3 p29-33 Aug 2000
Creates graphs to see how the relative frequency of an event tends to approach the probability of that event as the number of trials increases. Uses a simulation of a poker machine to provide context for this subject. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graphs, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Monte Carlo Methods, Number Concepts, Probability, Spreadsheets
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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