A Bit of a Dicey Problem

This problem is a good starter for pupils to do a bit of problem solving when their awareness of dice is not developed. It enables a lot of adition to take place without the monotony of just doing a set of sums.

According to the age and experience of the pupils you could approach this activity with or without the use of dice. It would certainly be a good challenge for quite a range of pupils and enable them to all be working on the same activity but use different skills to acquire solutions.

How can you make sure you have considered all the possibilities?

Look at other polyhedra dice. What about dice that have different sets of numbers on such as a six sided dice having 2,4,6,8,10,12 on the faces?

If you do not have any decahedral dice then you can make them from this;