The 48 Game

• Use one 6-sided die and one 8-sided die.
• Roll them and subtract the 6-sided from the 8-sided die.
• Person A gets a point if the difference is zero or less. Person B gets a point if the answer if 2 or higher. No one gets a point if the answer is 1.
• First person up to 20 wins!
• Play this game at least two times.

Write-Up:
1. According to your results, does this game seem fair?

2. Make a probability table to determine if the game really is fair. Is it?

Yup!!! The game is fair!!!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2

P(person A) = 21/48 P(person B) = 21/48