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Probability as a topic features on school curricula around the world and buying lottery tickets is an everyday experience for many young adults, especially in Ireland, when they support their local sports clubs or charities. Therefore there is a point of intersection between everyday experience of students and their school mathematics curriculum that can be exploited by mathematics teachers who are alert to the possibilities. But first the teachers must have the requisite background knowledge of the application and the mathematics involved.
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Johnson, P., O’Donoghue, J. (2011). What are the Odds?. In: Maasz, J., O’Donoghue, J. (eds) Real-World Problems for Secondary School Mathematics Students. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-543-7_10
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