Probability

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X-Dice

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

Explore these X-dice with numbers other than 1 to 6 on their faces. Which one is best?
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Ante Up

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

Use cunning to work out a strategy to win this game.
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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.
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Any Win for Tennis?

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

What are your chances of winning a game of tennis?
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Magic Bag

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

A weekly challenge concerning combinatorical probability.
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Stage 5 Cipher Challenge

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

Can you crack these very difficult challenge ciphers? How might you systematise the cracking of unknown ciphers?
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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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Count the Beat

This article, written by Nicky Goulder and Samantha Lodge, reveals how maths and marimbas can go hand-in-hand! Why not try out some of the musical maths activities in your own classroom?
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An Introduction to Tree Diagrams

This article explains how tree diagrams are constructed and helps you to understand how they can be used to calculate probabilities.
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Progression in Primary Probability

The beginnings of understanding probability begin much earlier than you might think...