Math Clip Art: Spinner, 9 Sections--Result 8

Topic

Probability and Statistics

Description

This image showcases a spinner divided into nine equal sections colored red, green, dark yellow, light blue, orange, grey, brown, purple, and light yellow. The spinner's arrow points to the purple section, illustrating another possible outcome in this probability model.

In the context of Probability and Statistics, this spinner represents a probability experiment with nine equally likely outcomes. It visually demonstrates the concepts of sample space and individual events within that space, each with a 1/9 probability of occurrence.

Educators can use this image series to demonstrate the concept of randomness and long-term behavior in probability with multiple outcomes. Students can compare the results of multiple spins to the theoretical probability, gaining insights into experimental versus theoretical probability.

Teacher's Script: "Now we see the spinner landing on purple. We've observed eight out of nine possible outcomes. How close are our experimental results to the theoretical probability of 1/9 for each color? Let's discuss the importance of sample size in probability experiments. How might our results differ if we conducted 90 spins versus 900 spins?"

For a complete collection of math clip art related to Probability and Statistics, click on this link: Probability Models: Spinners Collection.