12 Chip Dice Game

Hi Grade 6s Here is your maths homework for week 3! We hope you enjoy, have fun, but learn a lot from this simple chance game! Materials: - 2 dice - 12 counters - An A4 piece of Paper divided into 12 boxes. - A pencil - Recording Sheet to record the outcomes of each roll - A partner

Task: 1. 2. 3.
To begin, get your piece of A4 paper and divide it up into 12 boxes, labelling each box with a number 1 12. You then need to decide where to place your 12 counters on your game board. You may decide to place more than one counter in a particular numbered box! Remembering the aim of the game is to be the first person to remove all of your counters from your playing board. Roll the two dice and add the numbers shown on the two dice together. When you have found the answer you will then be able to remove a counter from that given box. E.g 1 rolled a 3 then a 5. 3+5 =8 therefore, I can remove a counter from the 8 box. Continue this until all of you and your partners counters have been removed. Play this game at least 6 times! You may change the positions of your counters after each game!!! As you play record in a table the outcomes of each roll. You can create a table like we have been doing in class and tally up the outcomes from each roll. After each game you will need to write down in your book what you are discovering as you play. Are your discoveries consistent throughout each of the games or are they different.

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Some questions you will need to consider: - Is there a number/s that is being rolled constantly? - Is there a number/s that isn't being rolled very often? - Have you changed the position of your counters? Why / Why Not? Blog Reflection Questions: - Explain the game '12 Chip Dice Game' and what you were required to do. - What strategies did you use at the start of the game? - Did you change you strategies as you repeated the game? - What numbers did you place the least/most counters on? Why? Did this change as you played more games? - What did you notice about the chance of rolling certain numbers? Are there numbers that are more likely to occur than others? HAVE A GO!! Can you create a table to demonstrate the theoretical probability of rolling the numbers 1-12?
Outcome Total Number of ways to make it

Theoretical Probability

Theoretical Probability %

2 3

1 (1,1) 2 (1,2 or 2,1)

1/36 2/36

2.8%

5.5%