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Broad Topics > Probability > Experimental probability
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. . . .
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. . . .
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.
Who's the Winner?
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
When two closely matched teams play each other, what is the most likely result?
Mathsland National Lottery
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you work out the probability of winning the Mathsland National Lottery?
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?
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?
X-dice
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Explore these X-dice with numbers other than 1 to 6 on their faces. Which one is best?
The Derren Brown Coin Flipping Scam
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Calculate probabilities associated with the Derren Brown coin scam in which he flipped 10 heads in a row.
Succession in Randomia
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
By tossing a coin one of three princes is chosen to be the next King of Randomia. Does each prince have an equal chance of taking the throne?
Investigating Epidemics
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
Which Spinners?
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
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.
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.
Football World Cup Simulation
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.
The Mean Game
Age 16 to 18
Edward Wallace based his A Level Statistics Project on The Mean Game. Each picks 2 numbers. The winner is the player who picks a number closest to the mean of all the numbers picked.
Time to Evolve 2
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
How is the length of time between the birth of an animal and the birth of its great great ... great grandparent distributed?
Probably a Code?
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Is the regularity shown in this encoded message noise or structure?
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.
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. . . .
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. . . .
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?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.