Student Statement
I can design and implement simulations for basic scenarios (ones where you know the likelihood) using appropriate tools (coins, dice, random number generators, and so on).
Common Core Standards
S-IC.A.1: Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population.
S-IC.A.2: Decide if a specified model is consistent with results from a given data-generating process.
For example, using simulation or a model says a spinning coin falls heads up with probability 0.5. Would a result of 5 tails in a row cause you to question the model?
Written tutorial
Below you can randomize probability simulation problems. You will only need to come up with the rules to simulate these events (you do not need to actually run the simulations on the practice problems below). Reveal the answer with the "Check Answer" button.
All numbers have been reduced to their lowest number values (meaning a 25% chance will use numbers 1-4 with 1 being a success, not 1-100 with 25 being a success), so you may end up with different answers that are still correct. You will need to determine that yourself when working through these problems.