The McGraw Hill 6th grade book series of games.
Instructions:
Find three coins of different sizes (e.g. quarter, nickle, penny).
Flip each and record the head/tail value.
Look up
the dice total from A
. Flip the three coins and do a look up in
the dice total from B
.
Determine the probability that some number between the two and including the two would be rolled
. Your opponent may challenge you.
Look up the answer in the table on the next page.
If you are right and your opponent didn't challenge you, you get a point.
If you are right and your opponent did challenge you, you get two points.
If you are wrong and your opponent challenged you,
your opponent gets a point.
If you are wrong and your opponent didn't challenge you, nobody gets a point.
Your opponent plays next.
vals[0] Probs |
Coin tosses (largest to smallest): | TTT | TTH | THT | THH | HTT | HTH | HHT | HHH |
Dice Total A | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Dice Total B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
On a different page so the players have to turn to it...
vals[0] Probs |
Probs | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
2 | 5/18 | 5/12 | 7/12 | 13/18 | 5/6 | 11/12 | 35/36 | 1 |
3 | 1/4 | 7/18 | 5/9 | 25/36 | 29/36 | 8/9 | 17/18 | 35/36 |
4 | 7/36 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 23/36 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 8/9 | 11/12 |
5 | 1/9 | 1/4 | 5/12 | 5/9 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 29/36 | 5/6 |
6 | 1/4 | 5/36 | 11/36 | 4/9 | 5/9 | 23/36 | 25/36 | 13/18 |
7 | 5/12 | 11/36 | 1/6 | 11/36 | 5/12 | 1/2 | 5/9 | 7/12 |
8 | 5/9 | 4/9 | 11/36 | 5/36 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 7/18 | 5/12 |
9 | 2/3 | 5/9 | 5/12 | 1/4 | 1/9 | 7/36 | 1/4 | 5/18 |