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Publication Date: 1993
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Connections: A Lottery, a Computer, and the Number e.
Flores, Alfinio
Mathematics Teacher, v86 n8 p652-55 Nov 1993
Describes two activities to introduce or extend the concept of the natural number e. Students conduct a lottery using either a table of random numbers or a computer simulation to link experimental probability results to the theoretical probability and to the number e. (MDH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation, Enrichment Activities, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Patterns in Mathematics, Probability, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Computer Programs; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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