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A very improbable story

What are the odds'Ethan wakes up one morning to find a very strange cat stuck on his head. The cat, Odds, refuses to budge until Ethan wins a game of probability. Without looking, Ethan must pick out a dime from his coin collection or two matching socks from his dresser, or do something else improbable. If he doesn't, Odds is there to stay, and Ethan has a 100% chance of missing his big soccer game. A very improbable story about a challenging math concept.

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http://schema.org/description

  • "Uses a story to introduce the mathematical concept of probability. Waking up one morning and finding a talking cat on his head, Ethan is informed that the cat will not leave until Ethan has won a game of probability. Suggested level: junior, primary."
  • "What are the odds'Ethan wakes up one morning to find a very strange cat stuck on his head. The cat, Odds, refuses to budge until Ethan wins a game of probability. Without looking, Ethan must pick out a dime from his coin collection or two matching socks from his dresser, or do something else improbable. If he doesn't, Odds is there to stay, and Ethan has a 100% chance of missing his big soccer game. A very improbable story about a challenging math concept."@en
  • "Waking up one morning to find a talking cat on his head, Ethan is informed that the cat will not leave until he - Ethan - wins a game of probability."@en
  • "Waking up one morning to find a talking cat on his head, Ethan is informed that the cat will not leave until he - Ethan - wins a game of probability."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Children's stories"
  • "Children's stories"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "A very improbable story"@en
  • "A very improbable story"
  • "A very improbable story : a math adventure"@en
  • "Tou ding shang de mao"