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Probability and Statistics Activities & Worksheets

Students read real data sets, compare averages and spreads, and reason about chance. They calculate the odds behind Powerball and Mega Millions, test whether an NFL player's draft position predicts his career, and track the world population as it grows. Every activity comes with a student worksheet, an answer key and the Common Core standards it covers.

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Spider-Man Profitability
Spider-Man Profitability

The latest Spider-Man movie , Brand New Day, opened on July 31, 2026, with the biggest opening weekend of all time! How much did it cost to make?...

Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Grades 7–HS
Population Clock
Population Clock

How in the world does this clock conclude that there is a net gain in the United States of one person every 29 seconds? Students use fraction operations...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–8
Back to School Costs
Back to School Costs

Back-to-school spending is huge, and students might not appreciate what it costs to send them back to, essentially, their job of learning. In this activity, students decide what...

Number Sense Social Studies Grades 6–HS
Video Game Consoles
Video Game Consoles

The video game world is constantly changing and improving. With the fairly new products like the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, we wondered what are the...

Movies and Entertainment Probability and Statistics Grades 5–7
Big Bucks
Big Bucks

In 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo signed a jaw-dropping 2-year deal worth over $710 million, making him the highest-paid athlete per year in sports history. In this updated activity, students...

Sports Ratio and Proportion Grades 6–7
Barcodes and QR codes
Barcodes and QR codes

In this updated activity, students will be introduced to permutations and investigate how the math behind barcodes and QR codes creates endless possibilities for product identification by finding...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 7–8
Veterans Day, 2023
Veterans Day, 2023

This activity will be updated before October, 2026. Stay tuned! On Veterans Day we honor the men and women that have served in the Armed Forces of the...

Algebra Social Studies Grades 5–HS
Summer Solstice, the longest day
Summer Solstice, the longest day

Sunrise on the summer solstice at Stonehenge June 21st, at 10:57 am EDT, the Earth's North Pole will be tilted as far towards the Sun as it will...

Algebra Science Grades 6–HS
Typical Super Bowl scores
Typical Super Bowl scores

This activity is scheduled to be updated.. stay tuned! (Before Super Bowl LXI, February 14, 2027) In this activity students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS
Powerball, Mega Millions, and probability
Powerball, Mega Millions, and probability

Updated! See the new post here "Mega Millions" Adventurer members can access the older version by clicking the "Solutions & supporting material"

Algebra Number Sense Grades 7–HS
Does an NFL player's draft order mean a lot for the player?
Does an NFL player's draft order mean a lot for the player?

This Thursday, April 27th, college football players will be awaiting knowing their futures in the NFL.Every spring, roughly 250 college football players are drafted by NFL teams through...

Algebra Sports Grades 6–HS
Expensive Super Bowl ads
Expensive Super Bowl ads

See the updated activity here: https://yummymath.com/post/the-most-expensive-30-seconds/

Algebra Sports Grades 7–HS