The Birthday Bet
The next ten people coming into a store will be asked their birthday. If the prize is £20, would you bet £1 that two of these ten people will have the same birthday ?
The next ten people coming into a store will be asked their birthday. If the prize is £20, would you bet £1 that two of these ten people will have the same birthday ?
If a coin rolls and lands on a set of concentric circles what is the chance that the coin touches a line?
How could you compare different situations where something random happens? What sort of things might be the same? What might be different?
A man went to Monte Carlo to try and make his fortune. Is his strategy a winning one?
You have two bags, four red balls and four white balls. You must put all the balls in the bags although you are allowed to have one bag empty. How should you distribute the balls between the two bags so as to make the probability of choosing a red ball as small as possible and what will the probability be in that case?
To win on a scratch card you have to uncover three numbers that add up to more than fifteen. What is the probability of winning a prize?
Heads or Tails - the prize doubles until you win it. How much would you pay to play?