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Hitting the Bull's Eye: A Dart Game Simulation Using Graphing Calculator Technology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Publication Title

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School

Abstract

How a lesson on using darts to teach probability evolved into a lesson incorporating other mathematical ideas such as geometry, graphing circles, and the Pythagorean theorem. Includes activity sheets and solutions.

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