Let’s Play Plinko: A Lesson in Simulations and Experimental Probabilities

Authors

Susie M. Lanier, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Sharon Barrs, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2003

Publication Title

Mathematics Teacher

ISSN

0025-5769

Abstract

Fans of the television game show The Price is Right call Plink their favorite pricing game. Although traveling to the CBS studios in Los Angeles, California, to be a contestant on The Price is Right is only a dream for most students, the exciting game of Plinko can be used to teach students such mathematics as simulations and experimental probabilities.

Recommended Citation

Lanier, Susie M., Sharon Barrs. 2003. "Let’s Play Plinko: A Lesson in Simulations and Experimental Probabilities." Mathematics Teacher, 96 (9): 626-633.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/math-sci-facpubs/429