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Last One Standing
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Imagine a room full of people who keep flipping coins until they get a tail. Will anyone get six heads in a row?
Win or Lose?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
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. . . .
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. . . .
Which Spinners?
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
Odds and Evens Made Fair
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
In this follow-up to the problem Odds and Evens, we invite you to analyse a probability situation in order to find the general solution for a fair game.
Mathsland National Lottery
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you work out the probability of winning the Mathsland National Lottery? Try our simulator to test out your ideas.
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?
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?
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?
Misunderstanding Randomness
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Which of these ideas about randomness are actually correct?
Interactive Spinners
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
This interactivity invites you to make conjectures and explore probabilities of outcomes related to two independent events.
Who's the Winner?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
When two closely matched teams play each other, what is the most likely result?
Lottery Simulator
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Use this animation to experiment with lotteries. Choose how many balls to match, how many are in the carousel, and how many draws to make at once.
Same Number!
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
If everyone in your class picked a number from 1 to 225, do you think any two people would pick the same number?
Taking Chances
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
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.
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?
The Random World
Age 11 to 18
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.
What Does Random Look Like?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.
Red or Black Spinner
Age 3 to 16 Challenge Level:
A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at. . . .
Taking Chances Extended
Age 14 to 18
This article, for students and teachers, is mainly about probability, the mathematical way of looking at random chance.
Snail Trails
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
This is a game for two players. You will need some small-square grid paper, a die and two felt-tip pens or highlighters. Players take turns to roll the die, then move that number of squares in. . . .
Game of PIG - Sixes
Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
Can you beat Piggy in this simple dice game? Can you figure out Piggy's strategy, and is there a better one?
Stop or Dare
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
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.
Football World Cup Simulation
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A counter is placed in the bottom right hand corner of a grid. You toss a coin and move the star according to the following rules: ... What is the probability that you end up in the top left-hand. . . .
Sociable Cards
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Move your counters through this snake of cards and see how far you can go. Are you surprised by where you end up?
Investigating Epidemics
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.