Experimental probability

  • Thank your Lucky Stars
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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 corner of the grid?

  • Succession in Randomia
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    Succession in Randomia

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • X-Dice
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    X-Dice

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Explore these X-dice with numbers other than 1 to 6 on their faces. Which one is best?

  • The Derren Brown coin flipping scam
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    The Derren Brown Coin Flipping Scam

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Calculate probabilities associated with the Derren Brown coin scam in which he flipped 10 heads in a row.

  • The Mean Game
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    The Mean Game

    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.
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    Investigating Epidemics

    11 to 16
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    Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.

  • The random world
    article

    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.

  • Taking Chances Extended
    article

    Taking Chances Extended

    This article, for students and teachers, is mainly about probability, the mathematical way of looking at random chance.