Delta-K,  Problem Solving,  Teaching Ideas,  Volume 31, Issue 2

Counting the Complement: The Probability of Consecutive Numbers in a Lotto Drawing

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 31 Issue 2, April 1993

15 – 17

Counting the Complement: The Probability of Consecutive Numbers in a Lotto Drawing

David R. Duncan and Bonnie H. Litwiller

Teachers are always looking for ways of incorporating ideas of probability into their mathematics classes. It is especially beneficial if a given probability situation can motivate further questions for study. We shall present one such situation.