This week we learnt about dice and probability in our maths lessons. First we did a bit of an experiment. We rolled two dice and added the numbers they showed. We each did this a hundred times and coloured in the answers on a special chart. Next we made a graph showing which numbers came up most often. We found that seven was the most popular. This was because when you roll a pair of dice there are six different ways you can roll to make 7.
Today we played frog hops. We used what we had learned about dice totals to predict which frog would win. Most of us thought that frog number 7 would probably win. We thought that 8 and 6 would also be quite likely to win. When we played we found that frog number 7 won most often but other frogs could win too. Max H and Max R had so much fun they kept rolling and colouring and their graphs started looking more and more like a pyramid shape. We had lots of fun and we learnt heaps:
I learnt that there are lots of ways to make 7 with two dice. Felix
I learnt that there are also lots of ways to make 8. Nina
I learnt that 2 and 12 had less ways they could be made. Isabel
I learnt that sometimes a number you don't expect wins the race. Gareth
I learnt that you can play fun games with dice and paper. Ilya
I learnt that little numbers and big numbers are less likely to win. Sunita
I learnt that numbers in the middle are more likely to win. Clarrie
I learnt the more you play, the more your colouring looks like a pyramid. Romola
I learnt that 7 is the best number because it has more ways to make it. Teagan
I learnt that 6 can also win in a number race because there still lots of different ways to make 6. Lulu
At the start of this activity we predicted what number would win our race. Sam
It was hard at first but I got used to it. Aidan
I learnt the more you rolled, the more it looked like the pyramid. Max H
I learnt that 4+6 equals 10. Daniel
I learnt that 5+6 equals 11. Ella G
I learnt that not just seven was likely to win, 6 or 8 might win too. Mia
I learnt that when you graph how many people rolled each number it looks like a pyramid. Lucy
