Probability

There are 130 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Probability
Stage 5 Cipher Challenge
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Stage 5 cipher challenge

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Can you crack these very difficult challenge ciphers? How might you systematise the cracking of unknown ciphers?
Peas in a pod
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Peas in a pod

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is the chance this pea plant will look like its parents?
Distribution Differences
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Distribution differences

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How could you compare different situation where something random happens ? What sort of things might be the same ? What might be different ?
Drug testing
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Drug testing

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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How do different drug-testing regimes affect the risks and payoffs for an athlete who chooses to take drugs?
Genetics
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Genetics

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A problem about genetics and the transmission of disease.
Magic Bag
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Magic bag

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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A weekly challenge concerning combinatorical probability.
Twenty20
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Twenty20

Fancy a game of cricket? Here is a mathematical version you can play indoors without breaking any windows.
Gambling at Monte Carlo
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Gambling at monte carlo

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A man went to Monte Carlo to try and make his fortune. Is his strategy a winning one?
396
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396

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The four digits 5, 6, 7 and 8 are put at random in the spaces of the number : 3 _ 1 _ 4 _ 0 _ 9 2 Calculate the probability that the answer will be a multiple of 396.
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?