Search by Topic

Resources tagged with Probability similar to Game of PIG - Sixes:

Filter by: Content type:
Stage:
Challenge level: Challenge Level:1 Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:3

There are 21 results

problem Icon

Game of PIG - Sixes

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Players all start with zero points, they take turns to throw the dice as many times as they like, adding the total at each throw to their cumulative total.

problem Icon

Which Spinners?

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Which spinners were used to generate these frequency charts?

problem Icon

Interactive Spinners

Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

This interactivity invites you to make conjectures and explore probabilities of outcomes related to two independent events.

problem Icon

The Lady or the Lions

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

The King showed the Princess a map of the maze and the Princess was allowed to decide which room she would wait in. She was not allowed to send a copy to her lover who would have to guess which path. . . .

problem Icon

A Dicey Paradox

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Four fair dice are marked differently on their six faces. Choose first ANY one of them. I can always choose another that will give me a better chance of winning. Investigate.

problem Icon

Can't Find a Coin?

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Can you generate a set of random results? Can you fool the random simulator?

problem Icon

Racing Odds

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

In a race the odds are: 2 to 1 against the rhinoceros winning and 3 to 2 against the hippopotamus winning. What are the odds against the elephant winning if the race is fair?

problem Icon

Con Tricks

Stage: 3

Here are some examples of 'cons', and see if you can figure out where the trick is.

problem Icon

Misunderstanding Randomness

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Which of these ideas about randomness are actually correct?

problem Icon

Nines and Tens

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Explain why it is that when you throw two dice you are more likely to get a score of 9 than of 10. What about the case of 3 dice? Is a score of 9 more likely then a score of 10 with 3 dice?

problem Icon

Introducing Distributions

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

When five dice are rolled together which do you expect to see more often, no sixes or all sixes ?

problem Icon

The Random World

Stage: 2, 3, 4 and 5

Think that a coin toss is 50-50 heads or tails? Read on to appreciate the ever-changing and random nature of the world in which we live.

problem Icon

In a Box

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Chris and Jo put two red and four blue ribbons in a box. They each pick a ribbon from the box without looking. Jo wins if the two ribbons are the same colour. Is the game fair?

problem Icon

Fixing the Odds

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

You have two bags, four red balls and four white balls. You must put all the balls in the bags although you are allowed to have one bag empty. How should you distribute the balls between the two. . . .

problem Icon

Win or Lose?

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

A gambler bets half the money in his pocket on the toss of a coin, winning an equal amount for a head and losing his money if the result is a tail. After 2n plays he has won exactly n times. Has. . . .

problem Icon

Squaring the Circle

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Bluey-green, white and transparent squares with a few odd bits of shapes around the perimeter. But, how many squares are there of each type in the complete circle? Study the picture and make an. . . .

problem Icon

Scratch Cards

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

To win on a scratch card you have to uncover three numbers that add up to more than fifteen. What is the probability of winning a prize?

problem Icon

Heavy Hydrocarbons

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Explore the distribution of molecular masses for various hydrocarbons

problem Icon

From A Random World to a Rational Universe

Stage: 2, 3 and 4

In the time before the mathematical idea of randomness was discovered, people thought that everything that happened was part of the will of supernatural beings. So have things changed?

problem Icon

396

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

The four digits 5, 6, 7 and 8 are put at random in the spaces of the number : 3 _ 1 _ 4 _ 0 _ 9 2 Calculate the probability that the answer will be a multiple of 396.

problem Icon

Coin Lines

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

If a coin rolls and lands on a set of concentric circles what is the chance that the coin touches a line ?