Monday, 18 September 2017

Probability Snail Race

Today in maths we played a probability game called snail race. It is basically a game where you roll 2 dice and add the total of the 2 numbers, then move that number snail. There are 12 snails needed in the game. The results of my game were the following.
Game 1:          Game 2:
1. 10                1. 7
2. 7                  2. 9
3. 6                  3. 3

 My group kept on rolling 7's and I think the reason for that is because 7 has more combinations that you use to create the number, than other numbers. 1 was never rolled once because it can only be made by 1 and 0 but there is no 0 on a dice. If you were to play this game I would recommend you have snail 7 because you can roll them using many different number combinations.



1
2
3
4
5
6
1
1,1(2)
2,1(3)
1,3(4)
1,4(5)
1,5(6)
1,6(7)
2
2,1(3)
2,2(4)
2,3(5)
2,4(6)
2,5(7)
2,6(8)
3
3,1(4)
3,2(5)
3,3(6)
3,4(7)
3,5(8)
3,6(9)
4
4,1(5)
4,2(6)
4,3(7)
4,4(8)
4,5(9)
4,6(10)
5
5,1(6)
5,2(7)
5,3(8)
5,4(9)
5,5(10)
5,6(11)
6
6,1(7)
6,2(8)
6,3(9)
6,4(10)
6,5(11)
6,6(12)