1.  Paige Frey

2.  Born in Clement, France  1623-1662  Studied at home  At the age of 12, started his interest on geometry  During a short 3 years, abandoned mathematics and became a minister

3.  At 16, wrote an essay on conic sections  2 years later, invented the first arithmetical machine  Invented the arithmetic triangle  Figured out the geometry of the cycloid  Best known for his theory of Probabilities

4. o Pascal’s Theorem o PA*PC: PB*PD=QA*QC: QB*QD

6. Probability of event = Number of ways the event can occur Total number of possible outcomes o Used Pascal’s Triangle to figure out the probability questions o important for subject areas that require the quantitative analysis of large sets of data. These include areas such as mathematics, statistics, finance, insurance, science and philosophy

7.  http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Pascal/Ro useBall/RB_Pascal.html http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Pascal/Ro useBall/RB_Pascal.html  http://www.kcvs.ca/martin/math/math499/projects/pasca l/Theory%20of%20Probability.pdf http://www.kcvs.ca/martin/math/math499/projects/pasca l/Theory%20of%20Probability.pdf