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Probability. Combining probabilities. Conditional probability. Interactivities. Equally likely outcomes. Tree diagrams. Combinations. Experimental probability. Theoretical probability. Games.There are 12 results
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Can't Find a Coin?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you generate a set of random results? Can you fool the random simulator?
Coin Tossing Games
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
You and I play a game involving successive throws of a fair coin. Suppose I pick HH and you pick TH. The coin is thrown repeatedly until we see either two heads in a row (I win) or a tail followed by. . . .
Flippin' Discs
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Discs are flipped in the air. You win if all the faces show the same colour. What is the probability of winning?
Two's Company
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Seven balls are shaken. You win if the two blue balls end up touching. What is the probability of winning?
What Do You Know about Probability? (2)
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
What are the likelihoods of different events when you roll a dice?
Misunderstanding Randomness
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Which of these ideas about randomness are actually correct?
Cosy Corner
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Six balls are shaken. You win if at least one red ball ends in a corner. What is the probability of winning?
Which Spinners?
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
What Do You Know about Probability? (1)
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
What is special about dice?
How can we use dice to explore probability?
Master Minding
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Your partner chooses two beads and places them side by side behind a screen. What is the minimum number of guesses you would need to be sure of guessing the two beads and their positions?
Connect Three
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
In this game the winner is the first to complete a row of three. Are some squares easier to land on than others?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.