Exploring the Birthday Problem with Spreadsheets.

Lesser, Lawrence M.

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ERIC Number: EJ590288

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Exploring the Birthday Problem with Spreadsheets.

Lesser, Lawrence M.

Mathematics Teacher, v92 n5 p407-11 May 1999

Explores a birthday-related problem that asks about the probability of having people with the same birthday in a room. Utilizes spreadsheets to work on the problem and discusses related teaching issues. Contains 20 references. (ASK)

Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Spreadsheets

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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