Chance Activity - Dice Rolling

1. Work with a partner for this activity. 2. You need to roll a die 30 times. 3. Record the number rolled each time in the table below. 4. Answer the questions once you have completed the activity.

R

Number

Ro

Number

oll 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Rolled

ll 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Rolled

Record of Numbers Rolled

N

Tally

umb

Tota l

er 1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Which number was rolled the most? ______________________________ 2. How many times was this number rolled? __________________________ 3. Which number was rolled the least? ______________________________ 4. How many times was this number rolled? __________________________ 5. Did the number one get rolled more then the number six? ______________ 6. Did the number three get rolled more then the number four? ____________ 7. Does each number have an even chance of being rolled? ________________

8. Why or why not? ___________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _ 9. If you were to roll the die 60 times instead of 30 do you think the number of times each number came up would be approximately double they number they came up when the die was rolled 30 times? ________________________ 10.Explain your answer to question 9? _______________________________ ________________________________________________________ _