### Stop or Dare

All you need for this game is a pack of cards. While you play the game, think about strategies that will increase your chances of winning.

### Game of PIG - Sixes

Can you beat Piggy in this simple dice game? Can you figure out Piggy's strategy, and is there a better one?

### How Random!

Explore this interactivity and see if you can work out what it does. Could you use it to estimate the area of a shape?

# Three Spinners

## Three Spinners

This is a number spinner. When you spin it, it can land on any number from one to ten.

Here are three more number spinners with ten numbers on them. But you cannot see what the numbers are.

I spun the red one $15$ times and got these numbers:

I spun the blue one $15$ times and the yellow one $15$ times and got these numbers:

Then I did the same things again twice over. I got these numbers, but forgot to note which numbers came from which spinner:

Can you work out which spinner generated each list? How did you do it?

We could call the numbers on the first spinner "Numbers from one to ten".

Can you think of a title for the set of numbers on the red spinner?

Can you think of titles for the sets of numbers on the blue and the yellow spinners?

### Why do this problem?

This problem challenges children to find a relationship between sets of numbers and introduces them to the idea of random events. It provides a reason to be able to scan a list which is something that some learners find quite difficult.

### Possible approach

This problem could follow a series of lessons on number properties, or it could be used prior to some number work to assess your children's knowledge. In order to have a go at it, they will not need to have encountered probability before.

The activity might be best introduced orally, with just the lists of numbers displayed on the board. It would also be useful for pairs to have a copy of the resource sheet which contains all nine lists. Try not to say too much about what they might do to solve the problem - leave them to develop their own method in their pairs. Warn them that you will expect them to explain what they did.

In a plenary discussion, focus on how the children came to their conclusions. Challenge them to explain why each spin of, for example, the yellow spinner, didn't produce exactly the same numbers.

### Key questions

What can you tell me about these numbers?
What do these numbers have in common?
Which other card has these numbers?

### Possible extension

Some learners can be asked to make spinners of their choice and write their own problem. Is there anything they can do to make the challenge as hard as possible? This would be a good discussion point afterwards.

### Possible support

Using the resource sheet , some children might find it useful to cut out the lists of numbers and physically put the similar ones together.