"What?" you ask.
What is the probability for a student to toss a certain sized bean bag into the hole? What is the probability of them hitting the board at all? What's the probability that they'll score it in the hole versus another student?
The purpose of this project was to test out our understanding of probability while displaying the knowledge we gained through our corn-holes. The artwork on each corn-hole is related to a math concept or a mathematician.
The purpose of this project was to test out our understanding of probability while displaying the knowledge we gained through our corn-holes. The artwork on each corn-hole is related to a math concept or a mathematician.
My Mathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauss lived in the late 1700s to the early 1800s in Germany. He is known for his contributions to number theory, geometry, probability theory, geodesy, astronomy, the theory of functions, and potential theory.
We (my partner Gideon and I) decided to focus on one particular achievement. Carl Gauss's rediscovery of the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt.
Ceres was first discovered by an Italian monk, Giuseppe Piazzi, in 1801. Then 41 days later, it was "lost". Finding it again was found to be an incredibly difficult task, almost impossible. Carl Gauss discovered Ceres once again and this garnered him worldwide acclaim.
We (my partner Gideon and I) decided to focus on one particular achievement. Carl Gauss's rediscovery of the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt.
Ceres was first discovered by an Italian monk, Giuseppe Piazzi, in 1801. Then 41 days later, it was "lost". Finding it again was found to be an incredibly difficult task, almost impossible. Carl Gauss discovered Ceres once again and this garnered him worldwide acclaim.
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Math Concepts
Probability: The chance of an event occurring.
The Fundamental Counting Principle: If two independent events have b and f outcomes then there are b*f outcomes for both events together.
Permutations: The number of ways a set can be arranged where order is important.
Combinations: The number of ways a set can be arranged where order is not important.
Tree Diagramming: Drawing out all the possible outcomes. If event a happens, then b, c, d can also happen. If even e happens, then b, c, d can also happen and so on.
'e' and logarithms: E is an irrational number. It is roughly 2.71... Logarithms are a way to solve and write exponents.
The Law of Large Numbers: The larger number of trials/experiments you do, the experimental probability goes closer to the theoretical probability.
Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Theoretical probability is what you come up with using mathematical equations. Experimental probability is the result of trials.
The Fundamental Counting Principle: If two independent events have b and f outcomes then there are b*f outcomes for both events together.
Permutations: The number of ways a set can be arranged where order is important.
Combinations: The number of ways a set can be arranged where order is not important.
Tree Diagramming: Drawing out all the possible outcomes. If event a happens, then b, c, d can also happen. If even e happens, then b, c, d can also happen and so on.
'e' and logarithms: E is an irrational number. It is roughly 2.71... Logarithms are a way to solve and write exponents.
The Law of Large Numbers: The larger number of trials/experiments you do, the experimental probability goes closer to the theoretical probability.
Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Theoretical probability is what you come up with using mathematical equations. Experimental probability is the result of trials.