A newborn baby gender simulation

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Vladimir Miškovic
A newborn baby gender simulation
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Statistics and probability: Probability
Resource type
Student activity
Complete lesson
Maths
Modelling

An Excel simulation, using a random number generator to simulate the gender of newborn babies. To be used as a classroom activity showing different outcomes (press F9 to generate a new simulation), change of relative frequencies and unchanging total probability. Resulting in symmetrical graphs for boys and girls, line of symmetry y = 0.5.

 

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5

04/07/2019

Lots of talking points with this! Useful for KS4 and KS5.

Barry Hardiman

17/02/2018

5

5

04/07/2019

Lots of talking points with this! Useful for KS4 and KS5.

Barry Hardiman

17/02/2018

5