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Football World Cup Simulation

Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.

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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.

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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.

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Misunderstanding Randomness

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

Which of these ideas about randomness are actually correct?

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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?

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Taking Chances

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

This article, for students and teachers, is mainly about probability, the mathematical way of looking at random chance and is a shorter version of Taking Chances Extended.

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Experimenting with Probability

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

This package contains environments that offer students the opportunity to move beyond an intuitive understanding of probability. The problems at the start will suit relative beginners to the topic;. . . .

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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.

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Same or Different?

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

Anna and Becky put one purple cube and two yellow cubes into a bag to play a game. Is the game fair? Explain your answer.

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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?

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Two's Company

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

7 balls are shaken in a container. You win if the two blue balls touch. What is the probability of winning?

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Which Spinners?

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

Which spinners were used to generate these frequency charts?

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Trick or Treat

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

Mrs. Smith had emptied packets of chocolate-covered mice, plastic frogs and gummi-worms into a cauldron for treats. What treat is Trixie most likely to pick out?

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Bipin's Choice

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

Bipin is in a game show and he has picked a red ball out of 10 balls. He wins a large sum of money, but can you use the information to decided what he should do next?

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Cosy Corner

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

Six balls of various colours are randomly shaken into a trianglular arrangement. What is the probability of having at least one red in the corner?

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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?

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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. . . .

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Flippin' Discs

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Identical discs are flipped in the air. You win if all of the faces show the same colour. Can you calculate the probability of winning with n discs?

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Tricky Track

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

In this game you throw two dice and find their total, then move the appropriate counter to the right. Which counter reaches the purple box first? Is this what you would expect?

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Odds and Evens

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

Which of these sets of numbered balls will give the most even totals when two balls are chosen from them?

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The Twelve Pointed Star Game

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

Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more likely to win?

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It's a Tie

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

Kaia is sure that her father has worn a particular tie twice a week in at least five of the last ten weeks, but her father disagrees. Who do you think is right?

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Roll These Dice

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

Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possibilities that could come up?

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A Bit of a Dicey Problem

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

When you throw two regular, six-faced dice you have more chance of getting one particular result than any other. What result would that be? Why is this?