To Basketball and Math Fans of Palo Alto, Menlo Park

What’s the Math Probability of a Perfect Bracket?

Palo Alto and Menlo Park students are about to be engulfed by March Madness, one of the most exciting times of the year for basketball fans! If you’re filling in your brackets now, keep in mind that the odds are nearly entirely against you! Read this article to find out how math (probability) can predict your chances at a perfect bracket.

Of course, as a Palo Alto or Menlo Park math student, you can easily find the probability yourself, by multiplying the odds of each event. According to Duke University math professor, Jonathan Mattingly, the probability of filling out a perfect bracket is exactly 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. In fact, you’re more likely to become President of the United States than to fill out a perfect bracket. For more information, read the original article at http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/duke-math-professor-says-odds-of-a-perfect-bracket-are-one-in-2-4-trillion.

Of course, the moral is that you can use math in nearly any context, even in basketball! Don’t let the mathematical probability deter you from creating your own personal bracket! You can actually use math to your advantage, researching the records of past March Madness results to help you predict the likely chances this season! Palo Alto and Menlo Park students can learn to become more excited about math by finding specific applications in their immediate world! For more fun ways to learn about math, visit Mathnasium’s website.