Experimental probability

Are these domino games fair? Can you explain why or why not?

What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?

Play this dice game yourself. How could you make it fair?

Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possible answers?

Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more likely to win?

Kaia is sure that her father has worn a particular tie twice a week in at least five of the last ten weeks, but her father disagrees. Who do you think is right?

Discs are flipped in the air. You win if all the faces show the same colour. What is the probability of winning?

Are these games fair? How can you tell?

This interactivity invites you to make conjectures and explore probabilities of outcomes related to two independent events.