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Tricky track
7 to 11
In this game you throw two dice and find their total, then move the appropriate counter to the right. Which counter reaches the purple box first?
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Dicey dice
16 to 18
Invent a set of three dice where each one is better than one of the others?
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Nine or ten?
11 to 14
Is a score of 9 more likely than a score of 10 when you roll three dice?
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Odd dice
14 to 16
These strange dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum obtained is an odd number?
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In the playground
5 to 11
What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
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At least one...
11 to 14
Imagine flipping a coin a number of times. Can you work out the probability you will get a head on at least one of the flips?
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Mathsland national lottery
14 to 16
Can you work out the probability of winning the Mathsland National Lottery?
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The random world
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.
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From a random world to a rational universe
In the time before the mathematical idea of randomness was discovered, people thought that everything that happened was part of the will of supernatural beings. So have things changed?