Equally likely outcomes

  • Master Minding
    problem

    Master Minding

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Your partner chooses two beads and places them side by side behind a screen. What is the minimum number of guesses you would need to be sure of guessing the two beads and their positions?

  • Handling Data - Short Problems
    problem

    Boy or Girl?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Will the witch make a profit or loss?

  • Coin Tossing Games
    problem

    Coin Tossing Games

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    You and I play a game involving successive throws of a fair coin. Suppose I pick HH and you pick TH. The coin is thrown repeatedly until we see either two heads in a row (I win) or a tail followed by a head (you win). What is the probability that you win?

  • How Many Balls?
    problem

    How Many Balls?

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A bag contains red and blue balls. You are told the probabilities of drawing certain combinations of balls. Find how many red and how many blue balls there are in the bag.

  • Dicey Dice
    problem

    Dicey Dice

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Invent a set of three dice where each one is better than one of the others?