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Subtracting dice Bingo

The game rules

· Thevaluescalledinthisgameofbingowillbedeterminedbysubtractingthenumbers

showingonapairofnormal6sideddice.Thesubtractionwill alwaysbethebiggervalue

subtractthesmallervalue.Therewillbenonegativevalues.

· Playerschoose9numbers.Theycanbeallthesame,mostlythesameormostlydifferent.

However,ifaplayerchoosestohaveallninenumbersthesame,thatnumbermustbe

called9timesfortheplayertowin.Playerscanonlycrossoutoneoftheirnumberseach

timeanumberiscalled.

· Thefirstplayertohavealltheirnumberscrossedoutisthewinner.

Yourchallengeistodeterminethebestsetof9numberstouseinthisgame.

What you have to do

Entertheformula “theabsolutevalueof[RanInt#(1,6) -RanInt#(1,6)]”intoyourcalculatorby

pressingthefollowingsequenceofbuttons:

eQ.1SHIFT)6)‐Q.1SHIFT)6)p

Eachtimeyoupresspanothersimulationvaluewillbedisplayed.

Simulatetherollofthediceatleast50timesandrecordyourresultsinthetable.

Number rolled Tally Frequency

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Whatsetof9numbersdoyouthinkarethebestsetforwinningthisgame?

Writeaparagraphtoexplainthe reasonforyourchoice.

Inyourgroup,playthegamewitharealpairofdice.Whichgroupmember’ssetofnumberswins

themostfrequently?

©SueThomsonandShriroAustraliaPTYLimited.Thispagemaybephotocopiedforclassroomuse.