What happened when a gambler asked for help from a mathematician? The formal study of Probability. Infinite Series is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV ...

It is the last period of a long school day, and the subject is mathematics. You sit there wondering when you'll need to use these concepts in real life, counting down the minutes until the bell rings.

From Monopoly to Backgammon to Yahtzee, our first experiences with board games almost always feature sets of six-sided dice. They’re a great way to create some randomness and chaos in a game, but ...

In order to use Venn diagrams when talking about events, we must first understand the term 'mutually exclusive'. Imagine there are two events: event A and event B. If they both cannot happen at the ...

JEFF: How likely is it that Putter will make this shot, Janine? JANINE: The probability? Well, he needs to get his shot past that Pineapple Windmill. JEFF: The windmill with 6 segments? JANINE: That’s ...

Many people mix up odds and probability at casino tables. These words sound the same but mean different things. Knowing both ...

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