Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ717679
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Feb-1
Pages: 3
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Including Leap Year in the Canonical Birthday Problem
Nandor, M. J.
Mathematics Teacher, v97 n2 p87 Feb 2004
The greatest benefit of including leap year in the calculation is not to increase precision, but to show students that a problem can be solved without such presumption. A birthday problem is analyzed showing that calculating a leap-year birthday probability is not a frivolous computation.
Descriptors: Probability, Computation, Problem Solving, Problem Sets, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1502. Web site: http://www.nctm.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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