Session Author: Michelle Manes
A decade ago, while researching the expected value for lottery tickets in various states, a group of MIT students won millions of dollars in the Massachusetts $2 Cash Winfall drawing. Do you want to know how they did it? This teacher led activity starts with a lottery, explores expected value, and finally ties into finite projective geometries.
Resources
- MTCircular, Leader Notes and Lesson Plan
- Ellenberg, J. How Not to Be Wrong. New York: Penguin Press, 2014.
Categories
- Strategies:
Try a smaller problem, - Topics:
Combinatorics, Geometry, - Styles:
One rich problem - Mathematical Practices: MP1, MP4, MP7
