If possible, it may be best to assign hands to more than one group so that they may compare answers. When all the groups have made sufficient progress, have a spokesperson for each group present their results to the class. Discuss the results as a group and compare the results with the results published in Hoyle or similar books on card games. These calculations can be very confusing and even intimidating to students. To make them easier to approach, have the students describe various hands in terms of their distinct characteristics.
Students can get very confused by the fact that the cards are dealt sequentially.
Total 10,200 ways. If the situation arises, the difference between odds and probability can be discussed. Remember that the probability of an event occuring can be calculated as the number of ways that the event can occur divided by the total number of outcomes . The odds of something occuring can be calculated as the ratio of the number of ways that the event can occur to the number of ways in which the event does not occur . The concept of calculating probabilities can be extended to a number of similar games, such as roulette, craps, dungeons and dragons, etc.