7.14 The student will investigate and describe the difference between the probability of an event found through simulation versus the theoretical probability of that same event.

Background and History

    Concepts of probability are as old as mankind itself.
  • gave the earliest known scientific treatment of probability.

Activities and Online Practice

Online Activities

  • BBC Here is an interactive activity on theoretical probability.
  • Regentsprep Here are some notes on theoretical and experimental(the site calls this empirical) probability. There are some practice problems at the end of this lesson.

Other Web Sites

Lesson 5-1: Probability


Experimental versus Theoretical
What´s the difference?


Hand Rolling two dice