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Theoretical probability. Interpreting data. Equally likely outcomes. Experimental probability. Real world. Limits. Tree diagrams. Combining probabilities. Collecting data. Conditional probability.There are 41 results
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A Probability Conundrum
Age 14 to 18
What do we mean by probability? This simple problem may challenge your ideas...
Teams
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Two brothers belong to a club with 10 members. Four are selected for a match. Find the probability that both brothers are selected.
Rain or Shine
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Predict future weather using the probability that tomorrow is wet given today is wet and the probability that tomorrow is wet given that today is dry.
Put Out
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
After transferring balls back and forth between two bags the probability of selecting a green ball from bag 2 is 3/5. How many green balls were in bag 2 at the outset?
Mathsland National Lottery
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you work out the probability of winning the Mathsland National Lottery?
Who's the Winner?
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
When two closely matched teams play each other, what is the most likely result?
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?
Like Father Like Son
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
What is the chance I will have a son who looks like me?
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?
Which Spinners?
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
Distribution Differences
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
How could you compare different situation where something random happens ? What sort of things might be the same ? What might be different ?
Bet You a Million
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Heads or Tails - the prize doubles until you win it. How much would you pay to play?
The Birthday Bet
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
The next ten people coming into a store will be asked their birthday. If the prize is £20, would you bet £1 that two of these ten people will have the same birthday ?
The Better Choice
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Here are two games you can play. Which offers the better chance 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.
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.
How Many Balls?
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
A bag contains red and blue balls. You are told the probabilities of drawing certain combinations of balls. Find how many red and how many blue balls there are in the bag.
Fixing the Odds
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
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. . . .
Gambling at Monte Carlo
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
A man went to Monte Carlo to try and make his fortune. Is his strategy a winning one?
Playing Squash
Age 16 to 18
Playing squash involves lots of mathematics. This article explores the mathematics of a squash match and how a knowledge of probability could influence the choices you make.
Chances Are
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Which of these games would you play to give yourself the best possible chance of winning a prize?
In a Box
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
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?
Squash
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
If the score is 8-8 do I have more chance of winning if the winner is the first to reach 9 points or the first to reach 10 points?
Snooker
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
A player has probability 0.4 of winning a single game. What is his probability of winning a 'best of 15 games' tournament?
Knock-out
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Before a knockout tournament with 2^n players I pick two players. What is the probability that they have to play against each other at some point in the tournament?
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. . . .
Marbles and Bags
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Two bags contain different numbers of red and blue marbles. A marble is removed from one of the bags. The marble is blue. What is the probability that it was removed from bag A?
Voting Paradox
Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level
Some relationships are transitive, such as `if A>B and B>C then it follows that A>C', but some are not. In a voting system, if A beats B and B beats C should we expect A to beat C?
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.
Snooker Frames
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
It is believed that weaker snooker players have a better chance of winning matches over eleven frames (i.e. first to win 6 frames) than they do over fifteen frames. Is this true?
What Is a Random Variable, Really?
Age 16 to 18
This article offers an advanced perspective on random variables for the interested reader.
FA Cup
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
In four years 2001 to 2004 Arsenal have been drawn against Chelsea in the FA cup and have beaten Chelsea every time. What was the probability of this? Lots of fractions in the calculations!
Football World Cup Simulation
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.
Scratch Cards
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
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?
Limiting Probabilities
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Given probabilities of taking paths in a graph from each node, use matrix multiplication to find the probability of going from one vertex to another in 2 stages, or 3, or 4 or even 100.
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. . . .
Stats Statements
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Are these statistical statements sometimes, always or never true? Or it is impossible to say?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.