Snooker
A player has probability 0.4 of winning a single game. What is his probability of winning a 'best of 15 games' tournament?
A player has probability 0.4 of winning a single game. What is his probability of winning a 'best of 15 games' tournament?
Predict future weather using the probability that tomorrow is wet given today is wet and the probability that tomorrow is wet given that today is dry.
Four rods are hinged at their ends to form a convex quadrilateral. Investigate the different shapes that the quadrilateral can take. Be patient this problem may be slow to load.
Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...
Find $S_r = 1^r + 2^r + 3^r + ... + n^r$ where r is any fixed positive integer in terms of $S_1, S_2, ... S_{r-1}$.
Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?