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Two and One
Stage: 1
Challenge Level:
Two children are playing a game with three balls, two blue ones and one red one.
Terry is red and Ali is blue.
They toss up the balls, which run down a slope so that they land in a row of three, like this:
The colour in the middle wins that round. Is this a fair game?
Who do you think will win?
Why?
Try using the interactivity below to get a feel for the game. (The sum column tells you how many times Terry has won so far.)
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