During the last 2 weeks, we’ve learned about probability used in Carnival Games. We first started with Yahtzee. Yahtzee was a perfect example of probability. The dice don’t care what happens. It was very interesting to see the different options you have on the first role, and what would limit you on your second.
The dice don’t care what happens during the game, but we can calculate what will probably happen. This is the probability of rolling a full house in 1 roll:
6/6 x 1/6 x 5/6 x 1/6 x 2/6
You start out with 6 options. You roll a 3. Then, you have to roll another 3. You have 1 option. You do roll another 3! Now, you’ve used one of your 6 options (3), and only have 5 numbers left. You roll again, and get a 4. Now you have 1 option. You HAVE to get 2 more 4’s.
This project was very different than imath has ever been. It was a lot of fun to be in a group and come up with ideas for a game. It was a little hard at some times, but was better than I thought it would end up turning out. 🙂
