Odds and Evens Made Fair
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.
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.
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the playing piece?
In this game, children roll the dice and count how many steps to move the spider up or down the drainpipe.
A practical experiment which will introduce students to tree diagrams, and help them to understand that outcomes may not be equally likely.
This task, written for the National Young Mathematicians' Award 2016, invites you to explore the different combinations of scores that you might get on these dart boards.
Guess the Dominoes for child and adult. Work out which domino your partner has chosen by asking good questions.
Try the Chinese version of this well-known game with a friend. Great to play in the garden or in the park.
Here we offer some suggestions about how you could take the Approaching Midnight game further.
Terry and Ali are playing a game with three balls. Is it fair that Terry wins when the middle ball is red?
Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.