A gambler bets half the money in his pocket on the toss of a coin,
winning an equal amount for a head and losing his money if the
result is a tail. After 2n plays he has won exactly n times. Has he
more money than he started with?
You have two bags, four red balls and four white balls. You must
put all the balls in the bags although you are allowed to have one
bag empty. How should you distribute the balls between the two bags
so as to make the probability of choosing a red ball as small as
possible and what will the probability be in that case?
To win on a scratch card you have to uncover three numbers that add
up to more than fifteen. What is the probability of winning a
You may wish to look at the problem Interactive Spinners before starting this problem.
What similarities can you see between the bar charts? What differences can you see?
For each bar chart, what does the minimum and maximum value tell you?